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50 years to launch is a scam. I literally calculated rough trajectories using basic software (NASA EMTG) on how to get a probe out in the rough direction of pro
by huytersd 3y ago
50 years to launch is a scam. I literally calculated rough trajectories using basic software (NASA EMTG) on how to get a probe out in the rough direction of proxima centuri now. A 50 year timeline on relatively simple things like this should be laughed out of the room. Even though Elon Musk is morally reprehensible now, his “unrealistic” schedules of 2 years may go over for moonshots but even twice the amount of time means the project is done in 4-5 years. Not some ridiculous 2 generation long schedule.
- mlyle 3y agoIf it takes 2-4% of the world's current electricity production to propel the things alone, we're maybe not ready to do it quite yet. But we're ready to start thinking about it. Just like we dreamt about rockets going to the moon decades before we attempted going to the moon.
- poulpy123 3y agolet me understand: you played with a software vaguely related to the topic for 5 mn and it was enough to decide that 50 years to make happen a mission that was never done before is a scam ?