r/nasa • u/EricTheSpaceReporter • 5d ago

Article NASA's Artemis program, SpaceX's Starship help drive surge in rocket launches. Feedback sought amid goal of supporting up to 1,000 a year

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/space/2026/09/02/trump-rocket-launch-increase-public-input/91561995007/
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u/Penguinkeith 4d ago edited 4d ago

Maybe if 99% of them weren’t just for launching starlink sats that I couldn’t care less about I would actually be interested in some of these launches. Launching rockets just to launch rockets is pointless. The only ones this year I cared about was the Nancy Grace and Artemis II

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u/E-J123 4d ago

Starship will just be putting satellite constellations in orbit for the first 10 years, and a moon mission here and there in between.

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u/snoo-boop 2d ago

What rocket is 99% Starlink?

Also Nancy Grace Roman has a last name, it's "Roman".

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u/snoo-boop 1d ago

It's not hyperbole when you're repeating something false which is commonly said in Reddit space subs.

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u/magus-21 4d ago

Artemis had ONE launch this year, and only two launches ever. It's not part of driving a "surge," lol.

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u/snoo-boop 4d ago

CLPS, the uncrewed lander series, is a part of Artemis.

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u/magus-21 4d ago

So, two launches this year. Still not a "surge."

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u/snoo-boop 4d ago

3 more by the end of this year. For beyond earth orbit, that is a surge. Of course that's not a surge in all launches.

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u/ALLISNAUGHT 1d ago

Equatorial real estate, among other factors, is driving business - according to McKinsey - up to $1.8M by 2035.

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u/OldWrangler9033 2d ago

I would have thought Falcon 9 launches would help dive everything.

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u/ClearJack87 4d ago

How much pollution is this going to produce in our atmosphere? How much junk in space? Inquiring minds are thinking about the sheer volume of this proposal.

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u/hakimthumb 3d ago

Practically none.