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Oh, we are to get an order of magnitude of cost reduction per kg on an orbit. There are attempts to measure it: https://everydayastronaut.com/raptor-engine/ htt
by ordu 6y ago
Oh, we are to get an order of magnitude of cost reduction per kg on an orbit. There are attempts to measure it: https://everydayastronaut.com/raptor-engine/ https://everydayastronaut.com/raptor-engine/
- macspoofing 6y agoThey need to prove it. Talk is cheap and corporate PR is not very reliable source of information. SpaceX has been known to talk bullshit ... or more charitably, they have been known to mix aspirational language into their projections. Case in point, I saw a TED talk with the SpaceX CEO claiming that rocket-based passenger travel is just around the corner and will be faster and more efficient than airplane travel... a claim that on face value is just stupid, bordering on insane.
- calvano915 6y agoComing "Soon"
- random5634 6y agoAnd that is why spacex is doing so well. Europe, Russia and old US space contractors said same thing about falcon - and here we are
- tiborsaas 6y agoInvesting $100M of your own money into a rocket company and then 18 years later taking NASA astronauts to the ISS is equally crazy. Most people will remember the achievements and not the bold claims.