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It's a toy.
by british_india 10y ago
It's a toy.
- SimplyJames 10y agoIt's a trap.
- mtmail 10y agoCan you elaborate? As the article says it may be small but it's still a huge milestone.
- british_india 10y agoNo concern for recovery. No concern for life support. It's a toy.
- gus_massa 10y agoBetter redaction: "The title is misleading. They are testing a scale model."
- Osiris30 10y agoYes, a toy. http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html http://www.paulgraham.com/organic.html http://www.paulgraham.com/organic.html
- bencollier49 10y agoIt's slightly shorter than the X-37. That's a toy too, right?
- ynniv 10y agoYes. The Space Shuttle was huge compared to both of those. It could carry them to orbit in the payload bay.
- dingaling 10y ago> The Space Shuttle was huge compared to both of those The Shuttle Orbiter was huge due to the DoD meddling in the design, but in all the wrong parameters. Certianly it could lift bulky payloads, but maximum inhabited on-orbit endurance was just 12 days. In contrast the X-37 returned after 470 days on-orbit.
- pravula 10y agoIt is a TD. Of course it is a toy (for the scientists to toy with design choices)
- FraaJad 10y agoThe commenter's name should alert you to obvious biases.