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I like to see innovation in aerospace, but there seems to be a lot of either solution searching for a problem or problems I’d rather not see solved (weaponry).
by boardwaalk 4y ago
I like to see innovation in aerospace, but there seems to be a lot of either solution searching for a problem or problems I’d rather not see solved (weaponry). This is one of them. Spinlaunch is another (the Gs). Astra is yet another (“launch anywhere” =
military use).
IMO the things to watch are reusability (SpaceX, Rocket Lab), mass/efficiency (SpaceX), 3D printed components (Relativity and others to a lesser extent) and humans long-term in space beyond LEO (NASA I guess? SpaceX makes noises but doesn’t seem to want to be the one to solve the hard problems here).
tl;dr I think Stratolaunch is “cool” but not particularly interesting.
- physicles 4y agoSpinlaunch as a concept actually has some merit, as it would be one of the cheapest ways to get enormous amounts of mass off the moon’s surface. They’re a couple decades early for that, but I’m still interested to see if they can make it work on earth.