/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12351454
>Also you lose so much deltaV landing/returning to launch site that could be spent on inserting into orbit/ launching a larger payload
So just make the rocket bigger. Chubby rockets have less of a mass fraction penalty from tankage.

>>12315244
>crack
>siiiiiiiip
>"yep, that's a rocket"

>>12291423

>>12194961
*crack*
*siiiiiip*
yep thats a rocket

Commercial spaceflight edition

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>>11850283
They're building the Mars rocket right now. Have patience, SpaceX is still moving much faster than their contemporaries.

>>11571259
>kr-crack
>siiiiip
Yep. That's a rocket.

>>11156362
The current state of Starship is a couple prototypes, an engine factory, and two shipyards. I say shipyards because Starship os being built out in the open like a ship. It's stainless steel construction means they can just weld the fuckers together in a field, so that's exactly what they're doing. There's two Starship Yards, one in Boca Chica and one in Florida near the Cape. Pic related is "Mk 1", the first aerodynamic testbed, supposed to fly this year to test the "skydiver" reentry configuration. Instead of gliding or flying, Starship will burn velocity by falling pike a skydiver.

Starship Mk1 is nearly complete and will hopefully fly before the end of the month. Mk2 is in progress in Florida, Mk3 and Mk4 are currently a bunch of steel rings waiting to be stacked. After Mk4 comes the first Superheavy, and that's when the first orbital flight will happen.

>>11156390
Correct, the perspective is jank but I don't have a better picture.

Could you use Starship's meme marginal launch costs to make asteroid mining viable? Or does asteroid mining inherently require processing and manufacturing in space, only bringing finished projects down the well?

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sipp

So where are the solar panels and radiators going to go?

>crack
>siiiiip
Yep, that's a rocket.

>>11012794