>>1698771>Orion has a level of shielding that's significantly thicker then Starship's current levelsBased on what? A crew variant design has not ever been released to the public.
>and Orion won't be dealing with a 3 year long trip where 100 people are shoved in a space that the ISS uses to support 12 people with resupplies every few months100 people could fit in the starship, but they don't plan to put that many people in it for a mars trip. Also it only takes about 6-7 months to travel to mars.
>100% of people who know anything about radiation think Musk is a moron for a reasonWeird because NASA, the DOD, the air force, and the army seem pretty interested in starship and what musk is doing. In fact NASA contracted the starship for their moon lander, seems like they aren't very worried.
>The frank fact of the matter is that any ship that goes to Mars will be built in multiple stages in orbit and act as a ferry for some rocket or shuttle that'll do the actual landing.And this is based on what? Your favorite sci-fi movie? People like you have been seething at spacex since the grasshopper and every time you get btfo but you move it to the next "they can't do it, muh popsci article said this!" Tier argument.
