Zer0_F0x

@Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people impressed with SpaceX?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Saturn V could lift 141t to LEO…once. Also it’ll be at least another 5 years before we reach a stable max power version of Starship.

  For example the Falcon 9 v1.0 first flew in 2010 and the current Block 5 version first flew in 2018 with more than double the LEO capacity when fully expendable.

  If they configure Starship as fully expendable it can lift 250t to LEO (per SpaceX, so grain of salt there to be fair).

  As for the shuttle, I love it to bits and I’m sad it had to be grounded. It was refurbishable but not really reusable and the massive liquid fuel tank was discarded in each flight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people impressed with SpaceX?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That can’t be right! 2016 was just… Fuck I’m getting old so fast

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people impressed with SpaceX?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Disclaimer: Fuck Elon Musk and all the shady shit he’s been pulling off.

  That said, this is one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen in terms of the potential it holds to shape the future.

  Up until 5 short years ago we had:

  • No main booster recovery
  • No rocket nearly as powerful as this one
  • No successful flight of a full-flow stage engine
  • Nobody even considering the catch with chopsticks thing
  • No private company testing super heavy lift vehicles (BO is about to enter the chat as well)
  • No push for reusability at all

  This was all built on top of the incredible engineering of NASA, but this one launch today has all of the above ticked.

  This is like making the first aeroplane that’s able to land and be flown again. SpaceX uses this example as well, like, imagine how expensive any plane ticket would have to be if you had to build a brand new A380 every single time people wanted to fly and then crashing it into the sea.

  Going to space is EXPENSIVE. If this program succeeds it will both massively reduce the cost to space and spin off hundreds of companies looking to do the same in various ways.

  Look at any new rocket currently in development, they all include some level of reusability in the design and that’s all thanks to the incredible engineers of SpaceX paving the way, first with Falcon 9 and now with Starship.

  We’re talking industrial revolution levels of progress and new frontiers in our lifetimes, which is very, very exciting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets a pizza⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point just keep going back every week, eventually they’ll get used to you and you’ll be the “Tuesday homeless free pizza” guy. Free pie is free pie, 4 of em a month is like a 5% income increase on minimum wage where I’m from

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shock & Awe Dick Slithers Out Of His Neocon Lair To Endorse Kamala Over 'Depraved' Trump⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who’s Dick Slithers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hero⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Am currently in IT, can confirm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Atari revives Infogrames and acquires Totally Reliable Delivery Service⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh man, haven’t heard about Infogrames in a looooooong time.

  I remember playing Trophy Hunter 2003 when I was a kid lol it’s been over 20 years since I last heard that name