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In a just world, he would have 1/48th of Elon’s fame/fortune too.

• baggy_trough 6y ago
  Unfortunately, sending 1/48 of an astronaut into orbit is not as valuable.
  • ViViDboarder 6y ago
    1/24th* since it was two astronauts, no?
  • kinkrtyavimoodh 6y ago
    Sending 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 ago
    At 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.)