Did NASA ever actually say that about Starship?

Shuttle had abort modes that mostly involve landing “normally”. After jettisoning the SRBs, depending on how far it got and the target inclination, it could return to launch site, land in Europe or Africa, do one orbit then land back in the US, or abort to a lower than intended orbit, which actually happened once after an engine failure.

Starship can also do a pad abort, where the whole ship / upper stage separates from the 1st stage.

Can tiny SpaceX rock Boeing?

They could literally buy part of Boeing’s space division if they saw any value in it. How the turntables.

It’ll be a sad day when they inevitably start scrapping it

A giant capsule with an aerospike on the bottom. No flips and flaps needed.

I wouldn’t have even cared about NS if it was the only thing happening today

Stoke is comfortable knowing they have the safer concept for reentry

Even if the FAA is twiddling their thumbs, hopefully paying customers (who wouldn’t have made orbit if an SRB blew out) are demanding answers.

I wish the jump seats could have been plan A for their sake

I brought up Northrop because I’m guessing they bid a Cygnus derived deorbit vehicle.

How is this a handout? They bid for a contract and won it vs competitors.

I’m hoping we get a source selection statement soon where they spell out why companies like Northrop and Blue didn’t win.