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Great presentation, only thing I'm worried about is human flight in these things. I mean what happens if this thing is 1% off on the landing? Does the whole thi
by hacker_9 9y ago
Great presentation, only thing I'm worried about is human flight in these things. I mean what happens if this thing is 1% off on the landing? Does the whole thing topple over and blow up into a million pieces?
Additionally with the entire flight being automated, what happens if the software gets taken over in space and they just drop it like a rock onto a city? The damage would be catastrophic. We need Elon to invest in city wide force field technology too it would seem.
- the8472 9y agono worse than dropping an airplane on a city
- hacker_9 9y agoAn airplane goes roughly 500km/h. Elons rocket was going 20000km/h - so I think it's about 40x worse actually. Not to mention a rocket goes straight down so none of that speed is lost.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoAs brutal as it may sound, I'd expect the BFR to have a remotely activated self-destruct system. OTOH, what if terrorists gain access to that system?...
- MertsA 9y agoWell yeah, it's a rocket, it's going to have range safety. The space shuttle had range safety as well.
- a1studmuffin 9y agoYeah I'm really interested to see the g-forces involved in one of those flights, I can't imagine it's a gentle take-off and landing.