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Great, now we can subject millions of people to hearing loss for the benefit of billionaires being too petty for international flights.
by imtringued 2y ago
Great, now we can subject millions of people to hearing loss for the benefit of billionaires being too petty for international flights.
- mulmen 2y agoThe ticket price would be more like first class airfare so not limited to billionaires. I don’t think anyone is suggesting operating Starship anywhere near populated areas so hearing loss also isn’t a concern.
- wasmitnetzen 2y agoStarbase is like 10km/6mi from Port Isabel (5 000 people) and 30km/18mi from Brownsville/Matamoros (700 000 people). That's not that far.
- verzali 2y agoIf you don't operate it near populated areas then that negates the faster transport. People don't pay a lot of money to fly to the middle of nowhere, they pay a lot of money to go between populated areas. If Starship has to land 200km from its destination city, then you need to plan for several hours of onward travel.
- mulmen 2y agoIt doesn’t negate the faster transport because it’s 18x faster. That leaves time to take a short flight on both sides.