3,700 kg to geosynchronous orbit... man that is a hefty satellite. Would love to know what they packed in there.
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>Imagine how much better the program could be if it were directly funded by the government instead of being indirectly funded by the government and enriching the world’s biggest arsehole in the process
There are plenty of other threads on HN where you can talk about how much you hate Elon Musk and the like. This is not one of those threads. Just let people enjoy things.
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#64When does/do the research/space programs enabled by these more frequent launches start to benefit us all? It must have already contributed to something somehow. Agriculture? Defense? Oil exploration? Seems like the sort of information that's hard to find.
Starlink already provides decent internet to places it didn’t reach before.
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#65Did they discard the centre booster?
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I am there with you.
If only we could somehow make the public sector hire it's own personnel, pay it well and let it build the rockets instead of feeding either Boeing shareholders or the narcissistic idiot.
Most people convinced of public sector inferiority only perceive the hollowed out and thoroughly corrupted husk left by the neoliberal policies. Mostly because it's been systematically destroyed their whole life and they never noticed.
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#67When does/do the research/space programs enabled by these more frequent launches start to benefit us all? It must have already contributed to something somehow. Agriculture? Defense? Oil exploration? Seems like the sort of information that's hard to find.
Falcon9 launched Starlink, without which the course of the Ukraine war might have been significantly different.
There's also the plan to pull CO2 from the atmosphere to create rocket fuel. https://labusinessjournal.com/manufacturing/aerospace/big-pl...
There's the Dragon 2, the only US human space vehicle in operation, as the Space Shuttle has been retired in 2011 due to expenses and safety issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Dragon_2
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#68When does/do the research/space programs enabled by these more frequent launches start to benefit us all? It must have already contributed to something somehow. Agriculture? Defense? Oil exploration? Seems like the sort of information that's hard to find.
Starlink? Not sure it would be economically viable without reusing a good deal of equipment
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#69Did they discard the centre booster?
Yes, mission profile required it to use all of its fuel to reach the target.
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#70When does/do the research/space programs enabled by these more frequent launches start to benefit us all? It must have already contributed to something somehow. Agriculture? Defense? Oil exploration? Seems like the sort of information that's hard to find.
There is a lag between the service being available and missions being planned to use it. The US government is finally starting to see the light and is presently benefiting from lower costs and better performance compared to legacy providers. Starlink wouldn't have been possible without this, both competitive constellations are considering using SpaceX for launch services too. This area alone is providing incredible value to humanity already but also doesn't require human capabilities.