From: David Lang <david@lang.hm>
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca>
Cc: Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Starlink] some post Starship launch thoughts
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:03:35 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7q84s6oo-6q4n-55so-r5p9-519nqs1os8o3@ynat.uz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26657.1682349381@localhost>
On Mon, 24 Apr 2023, Michael Richardson via Starlink wrote:
> Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@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, ...
lower gravity helps so much that you don't need 33 engines, the 6 engines on the
starship will make it from mars to earth, let alone from the moon.
> > 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?
on mars, yes, it will do aero-braking and then flip and land. On the mood it
will just use engines (and possibly lower powered engines mounted higher in the
craft for the final touchdown and initial liftoff to avoid this sort of problem.
David Lang
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-24 19:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-24 14:12 Dave Taht
2023-04-24 15:16 ` Michael Richardson
2023-04-24 15:27 ` Dave Taht
2023-04-24 15:37 ` Michael Richardson
2023-04-24 15:49 ` Nathan Owens
2023-04-24 19:03 ` David Lang [this message]
2023-04-24 19:16 ` David Lang
2023-04-25 0:46 ` Eugene Chang
2023-04-25 2:20 ` David Lang
2023-04-25 22:31 ` Bruce Perens
2023-04-25 23:04 ` Eugene Chang
2023-04-25 23:22 ` David Lang
2023-04-25 23:55 ` Eugene Y Chang
2023-04-26 19:14 ` Michael Richardson
2023-04-25 1:01 ` Bruce Perens
2023-04-26 19:29 ` Dave Taht
2023-04-26 20:05 ` Sebastian Moeller
2023-04-26 20:41 ` Rodney W. Grimes
2023-04-26 21:05 ` Eugene Y Chang
2023-04-26 22:15 ` Mark Handley
2023-04-26 22:29 ` [Starlink] Fondag Bruce Perens
2023-04-26 22:32 ` Rodney W. Grimes
2023-04-26 22:35 ` Nathan Owens
2023-04-26 23:09 ` Nathan Owens
2023-04-27 3:42 ` David Lang
2023-04-26 21:10 ` [Starlink] some post Starship launch thoughts Dave Taht
2023-04-26 21:26 ` Eugene Chang
2023-04-26 22:31 ` Rodney W. Grimes
2023-04-26 22:38 ` Bruce Perens
2023-04-26 23:25 ` Eugene Chang
2023-04-27 3:44 ` David Lang
2023-04-27 14:09 ` Rodney W. Grimes
2023-04-24 16:02 David Fernández
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2023-04-25 20:40 ` David P. Reed
2023-04-25 21:31 ` Sauli Kiviranta
2023-04-25 22:37 ` David Lang
2023-05-11 16:24 ` Sauli Kiviranta
2023-04-25 22:33 ` David Lang
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