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Since its purpose is to launch rockets, I assume it lands where it takes off, and might never stray far away.
by degobah 7y ago
Since its purpose is to launch rockets, I assume it lands where it takes off, and might never stray far away.
- tyingq 7y agoThat's the sort of thing I'm interested in. Like, for example...how far away are you once you get this huge thing high enough to launch. I'm not trying to criticize it, I'm just curious how dangerous a typical mission will be.
- not_a_terrorist 7y agoIt only reaches 35,000 feet.
- mikeash 7y agoYou can make occasional turns to keep close to the airport while climbing higher. I don’t know if that’s what they’ll do, but this problem has some easy solutions at least.
- 0xffff2 7y ago> Like, for example...how far away are you once you get this huge thing high enough to launch. It can climb in a circle so that it's never far from its base.
- cmurf 7y agoIt doesn't have to fly in one direction, it can do s-turns while climbing, or circle. I think clearly payload launch is the risky part. What are the kinds of launch failures? Rocket engine failure can be uncontained and spectacular.
- inamberclad 7y agoThey're going to move it all over the world (or at least, over the latitude range) in order to get into the most optimal launch position.