and all for the low, low price of 5 years' salary!
It's a great concept and definitely a goal to aim for.
I bet big airline companies are shitting their pants right now.
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;52728489]and all for the low, low price of 5 years' salary![/QUOTE]
musk actually stated that it would (theoretically) cost only as much as a standard coach class airline ticket
Maybe in a few decades when rocket technology become safer, but that would be pretty awesome when they do swing around.
[QUOTE=Renderman;52728524]It's a great concept and definitely a goal to aim for.
I bet big airline companies are shitting their pants right now.[/QUOTE]
I'm personally shitting my pants at the thought of using a landable rocket for transportation
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But I remain optimistic, this would be really nice if it works
[QUOTE=Jake Nukem;52728577]Maybe in a few decades when rocket technology become safer, but that would be pretty awesome when they do swing around.[/QUOTE]
This is unlikely to happen before 2024 (after the "[i]planned[/i]" Mars missions get going). That is still an optimistic target, though.
Cant wait for someone of moon base alpha to blast microsoft sam out of the internal PA system.
"Aeiou"
As for the earth bound BFR just imagine being able to send priority time sensitive medical items such as organs to anywhere in the world when a persons life depends on it.[I] In less than an hour.[/I]
What is the amount of tests it's going to need to say that it's safe? a hundred? a thousand? And one failed landing with passengers is probably going to get this banned, which seems a bit risky.
But a cool concept!
Deus Ex as fuck and I love it
Pretty sure a shuttle style lander would be a lot more cost effective.
Why waste fuel doing landing burns when you can just use aerobraking to glide down onto a conventional airport. At the cost of a few minutes of added time.
[QUOTE=shadowboy303;52729021]Cant wait for someone of moon base alpha to blast microsoft sam out of the internal PA system.
"Aeiou".[/QUOTE]
The voice engine MBA used was actually DECTalk, the same TTS engine that Stephen Hawking uses
[QUOTE=adam1172;52729304]Pretty sure a shuttle style lander would be a lot more cost effective.
Why waste fuel doing landing burns when you can just use aerobraking to glide down onto a conventional airport. At the cost of a few minutes of added time.[/QUOTE]
Aerobraking requires a very specific reentry profile, with this you can essentially fire ballistically and land.
[QUOTE=Qbe-tex;52730028]I know it's supposed to be in a few years times but I'm really skeptical. I fear it's going the way of the Jet plane that operated in Britain. It might even be made, be used a few times, maybe by richer people, but then fall in disuse and be decommissioned.[/QUOTE]
I think it's definitely viable, just not in the timeframe he mentioned. And if it is it won't be the price of a standard economy plane ticket until there's a huge fleet of them flying, the first iterations are going to be way more expensive.
[QUOTE=Qbe-tex;52730028]I know it's supposed to be in a few years times but I'm really skeptical. I fear it's going the way of the Jet plane that operated in Britain. It might even be made, be used a few times, maybe by richer people, but then fall in disuse and be decommissioned.[/QUOTE]
It may be a decade, hell; even half a century before these things are viable but just look at how fast airline technology progressed.
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