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I hope this is not going to be used for 'Earth point A -> Earth point B' travel.
by timeon 2y ago
I 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