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Sounds like a test for the ability to transport military equipment from the US to Australia in one hour or so.
by throw310822 2y ago
Sounds like a test for the ability to transport military equipment from the US to Australia in one hour or so.
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- maxglute 2y agoCan starship can deliver meaningful terrestial payload, it's also a huge target.
- acover 2y agoIt's about the same as it's low earth orbit payload - 100 tons. Seems harder to shoot down than a cargo plane.
- Limeray 2y agoStarship would probably follow a ballistic trajectory like intercontinental missiles, so i would suspect you could use the same intercepters.
- maxglute 2y agoI'm thinking more support infra vunerable, launch tower can't be repaired fast like runway. Also huge tempo limitations - too expensive to build many towers - runway can accomodate multiple strategic airlift planes. Multiple of C5s can do 130 tons each with tanking, unload pretty fast and get out of dodge. Doubt Starship can get unload to <1 hour, which is about how long it will take a hypersonic/ballistic missile to go from PRC to AU. Also doubt Starship can compete on cost unless eventually hit Musk's 2-3m per launch, (C5s 100k per hour), so whatever mission makes using Starship critical, is also going to be in scenario where hitting starship/landing site is worthwhile.
- WithinReason 2y agoWhat could be the potential cargo?
- cwillu 2y ago“The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's conceptual "Rocket Cargo" program envisions using suborbital rockets to swiftly deliver military cargo around the world in 90 minutes, called point-to-point delivery. Some at the Pentagon viewed the June Starship test launch as a crucial demonstration of this program, according to U.S. defense officials.”