Brainlet here. Please explain why pic related is such a big deal. Also please point me in the right direction to cool things to read about what’s happening in space exploration these days.
Brainlet here. Please explain why pic related is such a big deal...
Anthony Martinez
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Aaron Mitchell
Because disposable rockets are more expensive.
And building things by goverment is more expensive
So if you switch from a goverment disposable rocket to a private company reusable one, you get a dramatic reduction in the cost of getting things to orbit (the hardest part of space travel)
so it opens a new world of opportunities
Ryan Edwards
Which world is that? The moon?
Jordan Ramirez
no, literally all of the planets. Imagine a 100x reduction of space flight. Meaning that for the same price america sent say... the casini mission they oculd have sent 100 cassini missions, say about 10 to every planet. Hell, every non starving country could affoard to sent one space probe of their own. Nasa could do a mars mission with their current budget, or hold a base on the moon maybe both. Asteroid mining could become profitable and there are a myriad of industrial proceses and discoveries that could get sparked by this, theres no way to tell waht will really happen but if history taught as anything is that these kind of scale changes tend to be qualitative apart from quantitative
Zachary Campbell
2nd most powerful successful launch system, and its mostly reusable
Chase Reyes
is this the most powerful rocket ever other than energia shuttle and saturn V?
Landon Perez
Does this alter how quickly normal humans will be able to go to space? (Not astronauts, I mean)
Jordan Turner
if by normal humans you mean people with a net worth of a couple hundred million dollars then yes. that probably is a reality within the next decade.
if you mean like, middle class dude selling his home and going to mars like musk said, that seems more like at least 50 years away
Brody Roberts
I didn't necessarily mean to Mars, but maybe to some orbiting station.
Joseph Garcia
same shit. Most expensive part of any space travel by far is getting to orbit