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Wait till Starship will start flying. It's a known Musk's statement that Starship launch will be cheaper (so called "flyaway cost") than Falcon 1. While this r
by avmich 3y ago
Wait till Starship will start flying.
It's a known Musk's statement that Starship launch will be cheaper (so called "flyaway cost") than Falcon 1. While this remains to be seen, a lot is done in that area which reduces costs of flying hardware since it's reused, reduces operational expenses on Earth, since the stages are supposed to fly back to Mechazilla, and what remains is fuel cost. Not only fuel cost, of course - but many other large expenses are compensated by design. And the fuel is relatively cheap, so - if all goes, as Palpatin says, according to plan - flights will be cheaper and may be more numerous, partially because they're cheaper.
- narrator 3y agoEven crazier, they were saying it would be vastly cheaper and faster than air freight and would probably eliminate the need for most transoceanic air freight.
- avmich 3y agoVastly faster, yes, less than an hour ballistic flight time to the opposite point on Earth (and perhaps somewhat less for closer points, though it could be complicated). Vastly cheaper... it sounds like not an optimal approach energy-wise, so maybe not so easy. Need for transoceanic air freight - maybe, after the whole infrastructure is in place. If we'll see that, it might take a while - like, not this decade at least :) - to achieve.
- coffeeblack 3y agoIt uses methane and oxygen, could that be easily mass produced from solar or hydro? It may turn out better than burning fossil fuel in a plane. Just a thought, no idea if true or not. Also, Starship doesn't need pilots, so freight transport could be automated. On the other hand, I wonder about noise emission. Probably much louder than planes.