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>The second stage of the Falcon 5 will be similar to the Falcon 1, and the Falcon 5 will sport a larger payload fairing, three meters in diameter. Like the Falc
by mmjaa 10y ago
>The second stage of the Falcon 5 will be similar to the Falcon 1, and the Falcon 5 will sport a larger payload fairing, three meters in diameter. Like the Falcon 1, the Falcon 5’s first stage is designed to be recoverable, and hopefully reusable.
Truly amazing how far we have come from the era described in that article. Now, we're on the aphelion .. indeed, Musk has landed his rockets safely, successfully now.
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I think Musk might have something with the e-shingle concept, in the Australian market. All he'd have to do is open-source the thing, and provide some capital incentives to build a few fabricators in the Australian deserts, closer to the source of the materials needed..