throwawayX1

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   by throwawayX1 6y ago

   It's notable that non of your quotes concern SpaceX. One should definitely be wary of Musks often inflated / over-optimistic claims, but Starship has a good chance of holding true to most of what was promised.
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   by throwawayX1 6y ago

   The only thing I don't love about this is that it's Intel and not Ryzen 5000. But if the promises hold true, this will definitely be my next laptop.
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   by throwawayX1 6y ago

   Sure, my point is that nothing about Blue Origin implies a lean, cost conscious way of operating or that New Glenn will be cheap to build and fly. The money has to come from somewhere. Either it's from Bezos, or it's from launches
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   by throwawayX1 6y ago

   That's an interesting thing to consider. Unless they subsidize, New Glenn will have to be quite expensive. As the announcement says, they spent 3.5 billion just on a factory and a launchpad, and they are years away from launching. Amaz
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   by throwawayX1 6y ago

   I really hope that SpaceX gets some serious competition by another partially reusable rocket. We need multiple viable launch providers in the market. I don't think this will happen, but that announcement reads a lot like delay announce