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Changing inclination costs a lot because dV costs a lot. If you can easily bring hundreds of tons of fuel to orbit, that's no longer the case. The launch loop
by paulmd 8y ago
Changing inclination costs a lot because dV costs a lot. If you can easily bring hundreds of tons of fuel to orbit, that's no longer the case.
The launch loop changes everything, because your launch costs are in the neighborhood of $3 per kg. That's a total shift in the way we think about rocketry.
Imagine if gasoline was $4000 a gallon. In that world, driving 20 miles to the store to pick up some groceries would be unthinkable.