ULA has abandoned some of the plans mentioned in the video, but these can be replaced by other companies and their plans.

The video mentions that about half the energy needed to get anywhere in the solar system is just getting into Earth orbit. Here is a delta-v chart:
http://i.imgur.com/SqdzxzF.png

Scott Manley mentioned this record number of people in space in his recent “space updates” video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORTlscibOn4#t=530 (watch 2 minutes)

Manley mentions that the Virgin Galactic flight last week resulted in 20 people in space, but this Chinese launch puts 17 people in orbit. A distinction with a difference. Manley also says that the SpaceX documents in the lawsuit against the FAA regarding Starship launches show that SpaceX has spent $5 Billion on Starship and the Boca Chica sites. My reading of the documents was that they have spent only $3 billion or so. Manley also says that Starship is expected to cost $2 billion per year for future development, but Starlink is now bringing in revenues with (last I heard) 1-1/2 million subscribers; this should bring in $2 billion per year. More as subscriptions increase. Last year’s 60 or so Falcon launches should have brought in around $4 billion in launch revenue.

Robert’s posting reminds us that the manned utilization of space is growing, and that China is a major player in this growth. Manned space is starting to shape up in the way that, in the last half of the 2010s decade, we had expected for this decade.

Exciting times.

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