[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Mario Nawfal [@MarioNawfal](/creator/twitter/MarioNawfal) on x 2.3M followers Created: 2025-05-08 12:50:24 UTC SPACEX’S STARSHIP MIGHT JUST SAVE NASA’S NEXT-GEN SPACE MISSIONS NASA’s got some wild plans — like building massive telescopes to find alien worlds, watch black holes up close, and rewind the universe to its first stars. But here’s the problem: their telescopes are too big for today’s rockets. It’s like trying to shove a grand piano into a Prius. Enter SpaceX and Starship. Elon's mega-rocket isn’t just big — it’s game-changing. Starship can launch up to XXX tons into space and has a cargo bay wide enough to fit telescopes without folding them up like sad space burritos. That’s a huge deal, because folding telescopes is risky, expensive, and takes forever to engineer. Thanks to Starship, NASA could finally stop wasting years (and billions) designing telescopes that have to contort themselves just to get off the ground. Instead, they can build simpler, stronger, and cheaper gear — and launch it all in one shot. Projects like LUVOIR and HabEx — which could one day find real Earth-like planets — were once dreams for the 2040s. With Starship? They could launch way sooner, and for a fraction of the cost. Yeah, Starship still has tests to pass. But it’s already pulled off crazy feats — and if it keeps up the pace, it won’t just help NASA’s next space revolution… it’ll lead it. Source: Physics Today  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [spacex](/topic/spacex) [Post Link](https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1920461279551988075)
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Created: 2025-05-08 12:50:24 UTC
SPACEX’S STARSHIP MIGHT JUST SAVE NASA’S NEXT-GEN SPACE MISSIONS
NASA’s got some wild plans — like building massive telescopes to find alien worlds, watch black holes up close, and rewind the universe to its first stars.
But here’s the problem: their telescopes are too big for today’s rockets.
It’s like trying to shove a grand piano into a Prius.
Enter SpaceX and Starship. Elon's mega-rocket isn’t just big — it’s game-changing.
Starship can launch up to XXX tons into space and has a cargo bay wide enough to fit telescopes without folding them up like sad space burritos.
That’s a huge deal, because folding telescopes is risky, expensive, and takes forever to engineer.
Thanks to Starship, NASA could finally stop wasting years (and billions) designing telescopes that have to contort themselves just to get off the ground.
Instead, they can build simpler, stronger, and cheaper gear — and launch it all in one shot.
Projects like LUVOIR and HabEx — which could one day find real Earth-like planets — were once dreams for the 2040s.
With Starship? They could launch way sooner, and for a fraction of the cost.
Yeah, Starship still has tests to pass. But it’s already pulled off crazy feats — and if it keeps up the pace, it won’t just help NASA’s next space revolution… it’ll lead it.
Source: Physics Today
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