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Yeah, I sort of stopped there as well. Next up, "If we could reduce the mass of construction materials of spacecraft 4 or 5 orders of magnitude without compromi
by ChuckMcM 6y ago
Yeah, I sort of stopped there as well. Next up, "If we could reduce the mass of construction materials of spacecraft 4 or 5 orders of magnitude without compromising their other physical properties such as strength, toughness, and hardness, we could build single stage to orbit vehicles with off the shelf technology!"
- nynx 6y agoOkay, to be fair, cost-effective SSTOs would be possible with the 50x strength/weight ratio increase you get from molecular nanotechnology. That particular example doesn't require 4 to 5 orders.