Engine Rich(@engine_rich):Yeah... you know what I started typing a rebuttal to that, but then started thinking about Artemis III and the Starship HLS Demo landing mission (that's still happening, right...). That is a lot of launches, like idk lets just call it 12 launches per lunar landing. Plus the orbital refilling demo(s), launching the depot. So I'll say maybe ~30 HLS-related Starship launches between now and boots on the moon. That would be SO much Starlink bandwidth they'd be sacrificing for what is comparatively much less revenue (and they are a public company...). So I think I talked myself into agreeing with you 😂

2026.09.24 01:19

Yeah... you know what I started typing a rebuttal to that, but then started thinking about Artemis III and the Starship HLS Demo landing mission (that's still happening, right...). That is a lot of launches, like idk lets just call it 12 launches per lunar landing. Plus the orbital refilling demo(s), launching the depot. So I'll say maybe ~30 HLS-related Starship launches between now and boots on the moon. That would be SO much Starlink bandwidth they'd be sacrificing for what is comparatively much less revenue (and they are a public company...). So I think I talked myself into agreeing with you 😂