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Magnificent, it's hard to image what we'll be able to do once these do roundtrips daily. For those are not aware, that booster is 71 m (233 ft) tall!
by sekai 2y ago
Magnificent, it's hard to image what we'll be able to do once these do roundtrips daily. For those are not aware, that booster is 71 m (233 ft) tall!
- paulryanrogers 2y agoImprovements that make space flight more sustainable are welcome ... unless that means an order of magnitude more pollution in a less controllable form, like emissions. [Due to more frequent flights] Daily trips to space likely also mean more debris in space and falling to earth. I hope there is a balance that includes the lives of people near these sites and all of us sharing the same atmosphere.
- timeon 2y agoI hope this is not going to be used for 'Earth point A -> Earth point B' travel.
- modeless 2y agoSpaceX proposed it but I doubt there is any chance of this architecture ever achieving the airliner-level reliability needed for people to accept routine Earth-to-Earth passenger service. That's several levels beyond what you'd need to fly astronauts. Maybe a future architecture with more redundancy could get there someday.
- mr_toad 2y agoThey have a contact to investigate point to point delivery of cargo for the military.
- smoovb 2y agoProposed 7 years ago - go anywhere on earth in an hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tf2KpCG2fM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tf2KpCG2fM
- zaroth 2y ago[flagged]
- Gazoche 2y agoPlease don't use ChatGPT as a primary source. There's no way to tell if it's making up those facts or not.
- nickpp 2y ago[flagged]
- simulosius 2y agoWhat kind of credible evidence can you bring that "main stream media" are making up facts?
- nickpp 2y agoI never said that, please reread my post.
- paulryanrogers 2y ago> Considering the safety and prosperity that can be brought online from 1,000 launches / 150,000 tons in orbit, that’s the deal of the century. Regardless of the (in)accuracy of ChatGPT, you're assuming a lot can be accomplished with those flights. I strongly suspect 600K cars getting people where they need to go has far more utility than 1K flights of anything into / out of NEO. > Debris is an absolutely non-issue. Astronomers probably don't want 1000x (or even 10x) as many satelites obstructing their view. > There is zero environmental downside, only Luddite foot stomping. Name calling isn't going to help your cause. And the luddites had a good point, they didn't mind innovation. They minded being cut out of the benefits of innovation without any say in the matter.
- squigz 2y ago[flagged]