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Airports do not have minimal safety distance measured in miles. Catastrophic failure of a plane causes a fire, catastrophic failure of a rocket causes a detona
by ClumsyPilot 5y ago
Airports do not have minimal safety distance measured in miles.
Catastrophic failure of a plane causes a fire, catastrophic failure of a rocket causes a detonation the size of a small nuke.
- ROTMetro 5y agoSo you are saying space ports will need to be far out from civilization, and connected to cities by some sort of high speed transport, maybe one located underground for safety reasons?
- mlindner 5y ago> Catastrophic failure of a plane causes a fire, catastrophic failure of a rocket causes a detonation the size of a small nuke. Rockets do not detonate. They cause rapid burning. The fuel and oxidizer are not well mixed so cannot detonate.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoI meant 'they explode" in laymans terms
- mlindner 5y agoThe terms "nuke" were used which conveys the entirely wrong message. Even if you release the energy of a nuke, if you release it slowly you can even generate electricity from it. What matters is how fast the energy is released and a rocket explosion releases energy relatively slowly.