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Elon says many things, but this is one of the silliest ideas. The experience of such a flight would be horrible. It all starts some weeks or months before with
by tsimionescu 3y ago
Elon says many things, but this is one of the silliest ideas.
The experience of such a flight would be horrible. It all starts some weeks or months before with an extremely thorough physical check-up to make sure you are still able to withstand a rocket launch. On the day, you drive/sail to the middle of nowhere, at least an houror two out from any major city. Then, you get dressed into a used space suit - this takes experienced astronauts a good 10 minutes. You then board the rocket. Once everyone else is boarded and some pre-flight checks are successful, the fuelling starts. It will take a few hours, so hopefully they have good on-board entertainment.
Then, finally the rocket is ready to launch, and you get shot up into the atmosphere at an acceleration that is likely to make you pass out. Of course, this all happens with extremely tight noise canceling headphones to prevent your eardrums from bursting. But it's OK, you'll only wear them for an hour or so, and they may even allow you to take them off for a few minutes while you're coasting in the upper atmosphere. Then the deceleration will be just as enjoyable on the way down, of course. After you disembark and off the suit, you're now just a few short hours away from your actual destination.
There is 0 chance this will ever be allowed as a service for consumers, or that it would ever compete with business flights. It might make a cool tourism experience, but probably just up and down at the same place, no point in actually moving around.