Have you checked out Rocketlab's Neutron rocket? Was just announced today, first stage is reusable. Maybe you can launch your second stage on that.
So exciting!
Launch HN: Stoke (YC W21) – Low cost, on-demand delivery to and from space
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Re: Launch HN: Stoke (YC W21) – Low cost, on-demand delivery to and from space
#22Off-topic, but one thing that puzzles me is the rather widespread believe that setting up a colony in Mars will somehow save humanity. IMHO, exposing humans and their descendants for life to different conditions of gravity, radiation and overall ecosystem, will make them evolve in ways that will generate a totally different species in very few hundred years. So it will be just a matter of time, until an orange-colore…
Mars is awesome and I can't wait to go, but Earth is a great place to live :)
Re: Launch HN: Stoke (YC W21) – Low cost, on-demand delivery to and from space
#23Best of luck to you! If you ever want us to interview you for Orbital Index, feel free to reach out to me.
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#24* In fact, we’re certain that all four major engines of economic growth – communication, transportation, manufacturing, and energy production – will be anchored in space within 20 years.*
Can you elaborate on the possibilities here, maybe they will be looking for programmers.
I wish you good luck, sounds so exciting.
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#25Off-topic, but one thing that puzzles me is the rather widespread believe that setting up a colony in Mars will somehow save humanity. IMHO, exposing humans and their descendants for life to different conditions of gravity, radiation and overall ecosystem, will make them evolve in ways that will generate a totally different species in very few hundred years. So it will be just a matter of time, until an orange-colore…
> So a colony in Mars maybe preserves intelligent life with roots in the human species, but I do not think it will preserve the human species as we know it.
That's sufficient for my desires of making humanity multiplanitary (and eventually spanning multiple solar systems).
I don't desire freezing humanity as it exists today, I desire ensuring the human project continue as long as we can keep it going.
Re: Launch HN: Stoke (YC W21) – Low cost, on-demand delivery to and from space
#26Hey Andy and Tom,
I'm a photographer working on a story about American innovation. I just shot you an email through the Stoke website.
Hope to be in touch. Best Marco
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#27Maybe this is a very stupid question, but what's your business plan by starting with the second stage?
First stage reuse clearly aims to bring down cost and increase cadence/volume of standard launches (people and cargo to ISS, satellites).
But a reusable second stage doesn't offer any of that without a reusable first stage. It will certainly make a cool demonstrator, but who is going to pay for that? If SpaceX wouldn't bet on Starship, one might consider running on top of a modified Falcon 9, but the savings here aren't that big anymore.
So what's the plan? Acquisition by Blue Origin? Special down-mass missions for the military (But they have dreamchaser)?
Re: Launch HN: Stoke (YC W21) – Low cost, on-demand delivery to and from space
#28Off-topic, but one thing that puzzles me is the rather widespread believe that setting up a colony in Mars will somehow save humanity. IMHO, exposing humans and their descendants for life to different conditions of gravity, radiation and overall ecosystem, will make them evolve in ways that will generate a totally different species in very few hundred years. So it will be just a matter of time, until an orange-colore…
> So a colony in Mars maybe preserves intelligent life with roots in the human species, but I do not think it will preserve the human species as we know it. That's sufficient for my desires of making humanity multiplanitary (and eventually spanning multiple solar systems). I don't desire freezing humanity as it exists today, I desire ensuring the human project continue as long as we can keep it going.
Love this! Exactly!
Re: Launch HN: Stoke (YC W21) – Low cost, on-demand delivery to and from space
#29On-demand, on-demand?
So, I need this delivered to X sometime today. Ignore the tungsten penetrators.
Re: Launch HN: Stoke (YC W21) – Low cost, on-demand delivery to and from space
#30Off-topic, but one thing that puzzles me is the rather widespread believe that setting up a colony in Mars will somehow save humanity. IMHO, exposing humans and their descendants for life to different conditions of gravity, radiation and overall ecosystem, will make them evolve in ways that will generate a totally different species in very few hundred years. So it will be just a matter of time, until an orange-colore…
We're already screwed as far as preserving the human species as we know it, and why would we want to?