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It needs to start somewhere, right? We can't "just build" a NX-class starship without sciencing it out and R&D.
by isodev 2y ago
It needs to start somewhere, right? We can't "just build" a NX-class starship without sciencing it out and R&D.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> needs to start somewhere, right? Not here. If you’re bootstrapping a modern navy you don’t start by building galleons. Ariane 6 is the prettiest space galleon there ever was. That doesn’t translate into meaningful R&D for a reusable booster. (For example, cryogenic fuels aren’t great for reuse. So dump the engine. Their production cycles are artisan versus assembly line. Et cetera.) This isn’t a story of European incompetence. It’s one of excellent engineers being wasted by an extractive monopoly. We had the same problem in America in ULA; we never figured out how to reform them. We got lucky in a reboot.
- pfdietz 2y ago> cryogenic fuels aren’t great for reuse. Which is why Starship doesn't... wait a second!