[Starlink] some post Starship launch thoughts
Dave Taht
dave.taht at gmail.com
Mon Apr 24 11:27:34 EDT 2023
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 8:16 AM Michael Richardson via Starlink
<starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
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> Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> > Everyone wants a water deluge system and flame diverter, but I was
> > thinking perhaps liquid nitrogen, as a natural byproduct of LOX
>
> Yeah, but how do you put one on the moon or mars?
> Lower gravity helps, sure, ...
Well, the concrete did not shatter at 1/2 thrust...
> > Landing and then taking off from the moon or mars look rather
> > problematic at the moment!
>
> Do the rockets do the swoop and flip on mars and the moon?
SSTO in those cases. Presently.
> This part I just don't understand.
> (But then, the entire mars mission is fraught with dozens of missing things,
> starting with radiation shielding)
I was a very lonely asteroid exploration advocate at the launch,
futilely engaging with the "Mars Firsters" once again, as I have been
since the 80s.
* Gravity sucks.
* NEO exploration requires less delta-v to get there and much less to
go elsewhere or return.
* You can use launch tethers to get off the class of "fast rotators",
especially.
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