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Supermeme1001 t1_jdpybfl wrote
Reply to comment by Reddit-runner in Rocket Lab targets $50 million launch price for Neutron rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9 by cnbc_official
I dont disagree, does spacex have a tug design ready?
Reddit-runner t1_jdpy5wd wrote
Reply to comment by Supermeme1001 in Rocket Lab targets $50 million launch price for Neutron rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9 by cnbc_official
>but do we really think the model for people launching under 10t payloads is the starships payload being a bunch of different contracts with tugs?
Imagine yourself being a customer. Do you really care about the maximum payload mass of a rocket as long as it can carry your payload to your desired orbit and is the cheapest option?
People often seem to be caught up with the giant payload mass of Starship and extrapolate current practice into the future. All while they forget that customers pay per launch, not per kg.
The propellant load for a full Starship launch costs well below $2M. This makes clear why SpaceX is so certain that they can hit their desired launch cost.
kungwingfuchun t1_jdpy08p wrote
Reply to [NASA on Twitter] Newly-discovered asteroid 2023 DZ2 will pass Earth more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) away–about half the distance to the Moon–making its close approach at 3:51 p.m. EDT (12:51 p.m. PDT) by ICumCoffee
Glad you could post two time zones but no date op.
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Supermeme1001 t1_jdpxgv6 wrote
Reply to comment by Reddit-runner in Rocket Lab targets $50 million launch price for Neutron rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9 by cnbc_official
people have been saying for a while but especially in the past year that starship is going to change the world, I get it. but do we really think the model for people launching under 10t payloads is the starships payload being a bunch of different contracts with tugs?
Supermeme1001 t1_jdpx5ft wrote
Reply to comment by Xaxxon in Rocket Lab targets $50 million launch price for Neutron rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9 by cnbc_official
much worse paper rockets already have hundreds of millions to billions in "contracts"
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Reply to My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
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KaZzZamm t1_jdpwigw wrote
Reply to NASA prepares for a Sept. 24 delivery — the first time a U.S. mission returns an asteroid sample to Earth by marketrent
Cyborg virus.
Maybe we find somthing cool, living or sleeping-living.
AsstBalrog t1_jdpwct2 wrote
Reply to comment by __Augustus_ in 3 years ago I built this telescope in my parents' garage. It's since shown me supernovae, comets, 3 dwarf planets and been looked through by thousands of other people. by __Augustus_
Awesome--this is amazing. Can you take pictures? If so, are there any we can see?
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Reply to comment by J3RRYLIKESCHEESE in I took over 8000 one second exposures with my 10" Dobsonian telescope to get this shot of the Needle Galaxy by J3RRYLIKESCHEESE
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hunnerbunner2000 t1_jdpvfvl wrote
Reply to comment by daveinpublic in [NASA on Twitter] Newly-discovered asteroid 2023 DZ2 will pass Earth more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) away–about half the distance to the Moon–making its close approach at 3:51 p.m. EDT (12:51 p.m. PDT) by ICumCoffee
yes, but the probability of it hitting a population centre is VERY low. most of the world is water. most of the remainder is land that is farm/forest/desert/tundra
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Reply to My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
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Either_Lie7563 t1_jdpuynd wrote
Reply to My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
That is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen... I'll tell my kids I had a conversation wirth a man that had been on space and took pictures!
gereedf OP t1_jdpu7jy wrote
Reply to comment by mookdaruch in How might you be celebrating this coming anniversary of Vostok 1? by gereedf
why do that
ZealousidealClub4119 t1_jdpu6jo wrote
Reply to comment by beastpilot in My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
Well I've made myself look like an idiot then.
singlecoloredpanda t1_jdptluf wrote
Reply to comment by canteen_boy in My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
Some people..... they just don't get it... shakes head in disappointment
beastpilot t1_jdptbdr wrote
Reply to comment by ZealousidealClub4119 in My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
Space is zero psi Earth is 14.7 psi at sea level That is all there is. The difference is 15psi.
ZealousidealClub4119 t1_jdpt6xx wrote
Reply to comment by beastpilot in My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
15 psi? That's all? I did not know that.
Reddit-runner t1_jdpyizb wrote
Reply to comment by Supermeme1001 in Rocket Lab targets $50 million launch price for Neutron rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9 by cnbc_official
Maybe some intern has something on a flash drive. But I have not seen any official stuff yet.
However with the flexible architecture of Starship any space tug will be far down the line.