The latter, of course. Launch prices have been fairly consistent for about 50 years. Promising a sudden 20x cost reduction over SpaceX's already exaggerated figures without any real innovation is ludicrous.
I used to be confused by SpaceX marketing. Why do they talk about 90%+ cost reduction per KG to LEO? Maybe the general public will fall for it, but the general public doesn't often launch satellites. The actual experts…
Commercial aircraft are the safest mode of transportation. Small aircraft, on the other hand, are deathtraps.
The world records for efficiency are here: https://www.fai.org/records?f%5B0%5D=field_type_of_record%3A... The world record for the 1000-1750kg weight class is about 16 miles per gallon. That is burning jet fuel rather…
A lot of people, even around here, are bored of obviously money-losing startups and cryptocurrencies. What is there to say?
Terrible article. It's been decades since anyone has taken Malthusianism -- the naïve version discussed in this article -- seriously. It was never the scientific consensus that we would see mass starvation from…
The latter, of course. Launch prices have been fairly consistent for about 50 years. Promising a sudden 20x cost reduction over SpaceX's already exaggerated figures without any real innovation is ludicrous.
I used to be confused by SpaceX marketing. Why do they talk about 90%+ cost reduction per KG to LEO? Maybe the general public will fall for it, but the general public doesn't often launch satellites. The actual experts…
Commercial aircraft are the safest mode of transportation. Small aircraft, on the other hand, are deathtraps.
The world records for efficiency are here: https://www.fai.org/records?f%5B0%5D=field_type_of_record%3A... The world record for the 1000-1750kg weight class is about 16 miles per gallon. That is burning jet fuel rather…
A lot of people, even around here, are bored of obviously money-losing startups and cryptocurrencies. What is there to say?
Terrible article. It's been decades since anyone has taken Malthusianism -- the naïve version discussed in this article -- seriously. It was never the scientific consensus that we would see mass starvation from…