Why did this post get people so mad? New Glenn 9x4’s fairing is huge compared to Starship currently.
Sure, V4 of Starship is planned but we have no idea what that would look like, nor how payloads other than Starlink would look and be deployed from it.
@jaiyagill Elon's around 6'2". This was always nice as a fellow 6'2" person. I could usually fit in the dragon / tesla products and feel like I wasn't oversized.
Anthropometry driven design is so much better than just playing averages.
“We’ve done the analysis, reusable rockets aren’t economic.”
SpaceX makes reusable rockets economic.
“We’ve done the analysis satellite internet isn’t economic. The antenna alone is tens of thousands of dollars. The cost to manage a constellation that size, the radiation, the space hardened solar cost…”
Satellite internet appears to be a very good business with antennas in the $100 range.
“We’ve done the analysis, orbital data centers aren’t economic. The radiators, launch costs, the radiation, the solar…”
You are here.