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While I am totally excited about Starship and version 2 (that blows my mind, btw). I cannot wait to see Starship dock (in orbit) with a frame that houses eithe
by no1youknowz 5y ago
While I am totally excited about Starship and version 2 (that blows my mind, btw).
I cannot wait to see Starship dock (in orbit) with a frame that houses either nuclear or ion propulsion and then goes to Mars in 90 days or less. I envisage such infrastructure to allow for interplanetary crossing, while chemical rockets are used to escape gravity wells.
That will change everything again. Hopefully in my lifetime I'll see similar infrastructure parked near planets and moons to allow hopping through the solar system.
Edit: clarification and thanks to codeulike for linking to version 2.
- oseityphelysiol 5y agoAre you referring to V2 as to the German WW2 rocket? What’s exciting about it nowadays?
- hackeraccount 5y agoGonna go out on a limb and guess the that O.P. was referring to a future Starship iteration. Alternately they could be a history buff.
- codeulike 5y agoI think V2 referrs to what will come after starship - something much bigger https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1166856662336102401 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1166856662336102401
- meepmorp 5y ago18m diameter is a big f'n rocket.
- freshair 5y agoThe 'V' in that V2 stood for 'Vergeltungswaffen' (something like 'retaliation weapon'.)
- rsj_hn 5y agoThe germans can stretch their nouns all the way to orbit
- zardo 5y agoPretty fast transfers, 90-120 days, should be do-able if they top the tank up. Provided the heat shield can take it when it arrives.