Recent content by Laz

but you dont need to load so much fuel into the rocket to get it to altitude- "starship" is one big container, a huge waste considering how much of it is expended just getting it off the launchpad. far far too damaging to the environment; elon can go back to his dope; there are better...

I think I read somewhere that a single launch adds an equivalent of some 200+ transatlantic airliner flights in terms of carbon emissions....sorry I cant provide any details on that- it's just hearsay- but I think that it cannot be questioned that the emissions/impact is "a lot" and could...

I was pondering this last night as I was about to sleep.....it occurred to me the video from the shuttle disaster survived the catastrophic breakup and fell only to be found later in a field. I recognize the physical math says it is "impossible"- but I do find it interesting that somehow it was...

ahhh, something to look forward to then.....

sorry for the late reply here- thx for the consideration with your answer....yeah I was just spit-balling from an old sci-fi short story (either niven or drake I think...."elephants" hang-gliding in from orbit; and I liked the opening sequence to ad astra....and come to think of it now, escape...

what makes you think that in the 5- or - 7 decade span of your expected life time you have the right to question why extraterrestrial life is not verified against the known age of historical record, much less human civilization, human existence, etc. your life span is just a sliver of a sliver...

anyone who believes elon at this point is a fool

it would be cool if they had individual "egg" escape pods that would survive re-entry and allow them to "sky-dive" from orbit.

hop aboard, elon, let's send you to mars

could come in handy, de-orbiting nuclear payloads back home to where they belong

excessive superlatives; starship as it stands is problematic with the physical forces during launch,: it destroys it's own launch pad, scattering debris far and wide, the noise is harmful and damaging, and what about the carbon emissions ? a few test launches (failures) to develop the...

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