That accuracy is just mind boggling
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I don't think they would install the FTS if they were just posturing.
My gut reaction based on the company he's coming from is to call this a scam, but, I mean, a crypto billionaire is funding Vast, so I guess I'd rather these guys spend their money on space companies than a lot of other things.
Aetherflux will some big technical hurdles to cross and some serious safety concerns, but I'm always glad to see someone try a next generation concept like this.
Fingers crossed that they get the real contract. I love this proposal and think they could actually pull it off. I have way less trust in a company like Blue Origin stringing together a bunch of subcontractors to do it.
Eager Space puts out good stuff! The numbers in this all have some serious fudge factor, but the concepts are still good. It's interesting to me that SpaceX and their copycats are going for high engine counts for redundancy/resilience while the satellite industry is doing the same by switching from big birds to constellations.
Legend of a booster. This one alone has single handedly outperformed the entire launch accomplishments of whole countries and companies. I'm looking forward to the higher numbered boosters with more block upgrades that surpass it and push to even higher launch counts.
Even if staging in pairs is more efficient, I want a Korolev cross.
I'm all for it. Rocket Lab is one of the most capable, vertically integrated, and fast companies in the game right now, and it would be great to see them get the opportunity to try this.
It should, yeah.
There are a handful of GTO missions coming up in the manifest that might be able to get it, too, but the'll probably lift the grounding by the time I look into all of those to figure that out.
Good luck to them! Ariane and Vega need some serious competition, and I'd love to see Europe have their own crew and cargo vehicles.
Oh wait that's always been the case, but it is getting worse due to climate change. Florida weather has been a big downside of the Cape all the way back. Ctrl+F "hurricane":
https://sma.nasa.gov/SignificantIncidents/assets/space-shuttle-missions-summary.pdf
I'm really looking forward to the new class of heavy lift launchers enabling probes with more delta V to speed up these transits.