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Galactic energy has had 13/14 successful launches, how is that not successful?

• protomolecule 2y ago
  Those are launches of small rocket flying on toxic hydrazine and capable of getting whopping 300 kg of payload into LEO. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Energy#Ceres-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Energy#Ceres-1
  • echoangle 2y ago
    Ok? Aren’t you shifting goalposts now? Is rocket lab also not successful, because they only have 300 kg payload, too? And how does the toxicity of the fuel matter?
    • protomolecule 2y ago
      >Aren’t you shifting goalposts now? No, but mentioning successful launches of a small disposable rocket in the context of conversation about replicating reusable Falcon-9 is shifting goalposts. Galactic energy, that you named, is only trying to develop its Pallas-1 rocket that resembles Falcon-9. >how does the toxicity of the fuel matter It's the technology of the previous century when the need to achieve strategic goals out-weighted a lot of safety concerns.