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There are many safety and security issues that must be solved before suborbital passenger flights become viable. Some involve national security. For example, ca
by jltsiren 5y ago
There are many safety and security issues that must be solved before suborbital passenger flights become viable. Some involve national security. For example, can you imagine a world where the US, Russia, and China keep launching ICBMs at each other all the time?
Others involve more mundane risks that are pretty much guaranteed to occur once in a while. Things like losing cabin pressure or something catching fire. How do you deal with such situations, how quickly can you get the rocket to land safely, and how quickly can you evacuate the passengers?
- beambot 5y agoChina is supposedly doing it: "China’s New Winged Rocket Can Soar From New York to Beijing in 1 Hour" https://interestingengineering.com/chinas-new-winged-rocket-can-soar-from-new-york-to-beijing-in-1-hour https://interestingengineering.com/chinas-new-winged-rocket-... And SpaceX won a contract to transport cargo: "SpaceX wins $102 million Air Force contract to transport military cargo and humanitarian aid around the world in a rocket" https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-wins-air-force-contract-rocket-cargo-humanitarian-aid-world-2022-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-wins-air-force-contra...