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"So to match 1 SLS launch you are looking at 6-12 Falcon 9s (which have flown) or 2-3 Falcon Heavy launches (which have not flown)." It is my impression that S
by burgerbrain 15y ago
"So to match 1 SLS launch you are looking at 6-12 Falcon 9s (which have flown) or 2-3 Falcon Heavy launches (which have not flown)."
It is my impression that SpaceX anticipates doing exactly that sort of thing.
- FrojoS 15y agoElon Musk has said in public, that they hope to build an ultra heavy lift vehicle which would be more powerful than the Saturn V.
- berntb 15y agoThat is a direct competition to this new NASA job program. And will probably cost 10-20% per lbs to orbit? So NASA now has incentives to kill SpaceX, since they'll never be able to compete (except with political weight)? :-( Edit: OTOH, I guess NASA will never make the SLS fly anyway...
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