Rocket Engineering Debate

The cluster centers on debates about the necessity, complexity, and engineering challenges of building and launching rockets, with frequent references to SpaceX achievements and rebuttals to claims that rockets are unnecessary or easy.

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Sample Comments

timeon Apr 28, 2023 View on HN

Is this rocket really necessary?

nickik Sep 29, 2019 View on HN

Because reusable rockets are not enough to impress this guy

dumdedum123 Apr 23, 2025 View on HN

As a rocket scientist I assure you it's been tried

fhars Jan 7, 2020 View on HN

Big rockets. Or something like that.

gfodor Jun 18, 2020 View on HN

I'm not sure what you mean, but you're not building and launching rockets afaict.

sillypuddy Jun 8, 2020 View on HN

Aren't they just rockets at some point?

jacquesm Sep 2, 2019 View on HN

Check out who makes your rocket engines.

NikolaeVarius Jun 4, 2020 View on HN

You don't need to launch rockets

baybal2 Nov 19, 2021 View on HN

You don't need these unreproducible parts for a rocket

seanflyon Jul 7, 2014 View on HN

Engineering is not kind to large rockets