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- International travel (anywhere in the world in less than two hours) could be one of those things. - Asteroid mining

• hprotagonist 6y ago
  >in less than two hours plus or minus 48, depending on the clouds today.
  • whatch 6y ago
    I believe when falcon (or another rocket) will be launched as many times as Soyuz (for example), weather requirements will be more relaxed. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1266695491879911424 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1266695491879911424
  • avmich 6y ago
    Should be really big clouds to surpass something which was doable for Buran (wind 9-12 m/s http://buran.ru/htm/flight.htm http://buran.ru/htm/flight.htm ) .
  • raverbashing 6y ago
    The launch window limitations were due to the ISS orbits. For other destinations or uses, the launch windows might be more flexible or not be an issue at all.
  • GordonS 6y ago
    Plus 4 for security, immigration etc...
• rtpg 6y ago
  Plus queueing plus landing etc? At a price way more than a private jet or some Concorde like thing? In low comfort? The dynamic simply isn’t there