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A single guy has probably achieved what a whole division of a large corporation or a large govt agency would not be able to achieve in years
by piyushpr134 6y ago
A single guy has probably achieved what a whole division of a large corporation or a large govt agency would not be able to achieve in years
- qzw 6y agoIn a just world, he would have 1/48th of Elon’s fame/fortune too.
- baggy_trough 6y agoUnfortunately, sending 1/48 of an astronaut into orbit is not as valuable.
- ViViDboarder 6y ago1/24th* since it was two astronauts, no?
- kinkrtyavimoodh 6y agoSending 1/48th of an astronaut into orbit would be a great achievement actually. The problem is when you said an astronaut into 1/48th of an orbit, which is what this is currently doing :)
- bigiain 6y agoAt around $3k per kilo to orbit, I'd bet he'd be _very_ happy with the $6k or so 1/48th of a ~100kg astronaut+spacesuit would mean per launch! He ain't getting anywhere near orbit using Estes motors though... Not even 1/48th of the way to orbit I'd guess... (Hmmm, spaceflight.com's pricing page says they'll send a 3U 5kg cubesat payload to LEO for $295,000... That's I guess pretty close to "1/24th of an astronaut to orbit"? Minus the ~10,000% surcharge for "manrated" though, I'm guessing.)
- 4gotunameagain 6y agoI don't think you understand the breadth of rocket science, material science or the convexification of the mathematical model required to do what spacex does. While this is very cool and pretty, it's still an advanced toy.