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I believe that is price vs capacity. Falcon Heavy is ultimately intended to take a vehicle to Mars.
by larrydag 11y ago
I believe that is price vs capacity. Falcon Heavy is ultimately intended to take a vehicle to Mars.
- adwn 11y ago> Falcon Heavy is ultimately intended to take a vehicle to Mars. No, it's not; the business model for the Falcon Heavy is heavy comsats (communication satellites) to GEO with reusability of all three cores. The Mars science mission idea is a nice use-case, but more of an every-once-in-a-while kind of thing. For their Mars colonization effort, SpaceX is currently developing a fully reusable rocket with a larger payload capacity than any rocket that ever existed; Falcon Heavy is too small for that.
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y agoSpecifically the Mars Colonial Transporter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Colonial_Transporter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Colonial_Transporter
- croddin 11y agoFalcon Heavy can take a vehicle to mars, but not a vehicle large enough for colonization. You are both right. "In expendable mode, Falcon Heavy can send a fully loaded Dragon to Mars or a light Dragon to Jupiter's moons. Europa mission wd be cool." -Elon Musk https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/643538701981716481 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/643538701981716481