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It's not the two months that was promised, but 6 mo is still astonishing. I keep wondering to myself, where is this money coming from?, but then I remember just

It's not the two months that was promised, but 6 mo is still astonishing. I keep wondering to myself, where is this money coming from?, but then I remember just how much cash we straight up torch in traditional mil-spec aerospace. Without anything to show for it, natch.

tekla 3y ago
The US launched 90-90% of all objects into Space my # objects AND by mass. Lets see Europe launch their probes right now. Of course, they can't because they don't have a domestic launch vehicle and Russia is not available. That is where the aerospace money is going.
- midasuni 3y ago
  There’s a vega launch next month
  - tekla 3y ago
    Vega is an infinitesimal blip on the launch industry and will continue to be a blip. It costs almost as much as a F9 with almost I believe less than a tenth of the performance. It only exists so that Europe can claim they have access to space as long as your payload is tiny
    - midasuni 3y ago
      “ they don't have a domestic launch vehicle” So your claim was wrong
- MilStdJunkie 3y ago
  I'm glad to hear that your side of the aerospace/defense business is working so efficiently! Good on you. Unfortunately, currency-adjusted capability/cost in (eh, edit, most) classes of US military aircraft and surface vessels has been dropping like a rock in comparison to peer competitors since 2013, which - rather obviously, by this point in world history - by peer competitor we mean PLAAF/PLAN/PLARF. Most of the reason for this is the fact our peers are semi-command economies, and can steer "commodified" production into dual-use at the tip of a hat. Also, it's called "command" for a reason; they can get away with horrible shit. But another part of the reason is the one that's a bit more obvious: an unholy matrimony of single supplier syndrome with utterly complete regulatory capture. Oh, and assholes, who love the hell out of getting fifteen vacation homes from nonexistent projects. It's the second one I can do something about, so it's always on the front of my brain (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
- extraduder_ire 3y ago
  If it weren't for sanctions, ESA would still be flying soyuz rockets. I wonder if they're considering buying any hardware from rocketlab.

tekla 3y ago

The US launched 90-90% of all objects into Space my # objects AND by mass. Lets see Europe launch their probes right now. Of course, they can't because they don't have a domestic launch vehicle and Russia is not available. That is where the aerospace money is going.

midasuni 3y ago
There’s a vega launch next month
- tekla 3y ago
  Vega is an infinitesimal blip on the launch industry and will continue to be a blip. It costs almost as much as a F9 with almost I believe less than a tenth of the performance. It only exists so that Europe can claim they have access to space as long as your payload is tiny
  - midasuni 3y ago
    “ they don't have a domestic launch vehicle” So your claim was wrong
MilStdJunkie 3y ago
I'm glad to hear that your side of the aerospace/defense business is working so efficiently! Good on you. Unfortunately, currency-adjusted capability/cost in (eh, edit, most) classes of US military aircraft and surface vessels has been dropping like a rock in comparison to peer competitors since 2013, which - rather obviously, by this point in world history - by peer competitor we mean PLAAF/PLAN/PLARF. Most of the reason for this is the fact our peers are semi-command economies, and can steer "commodified" production into dual-use at the tip of a hat. Also, it's called "command" for a reason; they can get away with horrible shit. But another part of the reason is the one that's a bit more obvious: an unholy matrimony of single supplier syndrome with utterly complete regulatory capture. Oh, and assholes, who love the hell out of getting fifteen vacation homes from nonexistent projects. It's the second one I can do something about, so it's always on the front of my brain (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
extraduder_ire 3y ago
If it weren't for sanctions, ESA would still be flying soyuz rockets. I wonder if they're considering buying any hardware from rocketlab.