Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX's Plan to Fly You Across the Globe in 30 Minutes [video]
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Re: Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX's Plan to Fly You Across the Globe in 30 Minutes [video]
#2>This is the only time I've out-visioned Elon ... I want to meet other people in other solar systems.
You're not out-visioning Elon; it's a petty attempt at one-upmanship. It just doesn't seem genuine. I want to meet people in other Superclusters. Now she's been out-visioned!
Re: Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX's Plan to Fly You Across the Globe in 30 Minutes [video]
#3>This is the only time I've out-visioned Elon ... I want to meet other people in other solar systems. You're not out-visioning Elon; it's a petty attempt at one-upmanship. It just doesn't seem genuine. I want to meet people in other Superclusters. Now she's been out-visioned!
> it's a petty attempt at one-upmanship
Gwynne Shotwell is SpaceX's President [1]. She and Elon are on the same team.
Re: Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX's Plan to Fly You Across the Globe in 30 Minutes [video]
#4>This is the only time I've out-visioned Elon ... I want to meet other people in other solar systems. You're not out-visioning Elon; it's a petty attempt at one-upmanship. It just doesn't seem genuine. I want to meet people in other Superclusters. Now she's been out-visioned!
It was an attempt at humor. Take a deep breath and try to do something useful today.
Re: Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX's Plan to Fly You Across the Globe in 30 Minutes [video]
#5What would be the environmental impact of ubiquitous rocket launches for business travel?
Re: Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX's Plan to Fly You Across the Globe in 30 Minutes [video]
#6>This is the only time I've out-visioned Elon ... I want to meet other people in other solar systems. You're not out-visioning Elon; it's a petty attempt at one-upmanship. It just doesn't seem genuine. I want to meet people in other Superclusters. Now she's been out-visioned!
> "it's a petty attempt at one-upmanship"
I think it was just a light-hearted joke.
Re: Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX's Plan to Fly You Across the Globe in 30 Minutes [video]
#7What would be the environmental impact of ubiquitous rocket launches for business travel?
Depends on how many. Flying airplanes is around 1-2% of our total CO2 footprint. Of course, for an individual, doing 1 intercontinental flight with a full plane is equivalent to months if not a year of driving a car to work every day, but in total, not many people fly.
Depending on the efficiency of the rocket and the reduced number of people doing this, the numbers shouldn't be that much higher.
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#8What would be the environmental impact of ubiquitous rocket launches for business travel?
Not too huge. This person[1] did some math and found that a BFR trip across the world should take 40% to 240% as much carbon as a regular plane flight. For short trips this would be worse, though, because a plane's range goes up almost linearly with fuel use while a rocket's goes up much faster than linearly.
Rockets that use solid boosters like the Space Shuttle, SLS, or Atlas V do a good amount of ozone damage as they go up but the ozone damage from cryogenic propellants of the sort that a BFR uses is pretty small.
[1]https://www.quora.com/Elon-Musk-suggested-that-the-SpaceX-BF...
Re: Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX's Plan to Fly You Across the Globe in 30 Minutes [video]
#9>This is the only time I've out-visioned Elon ... I want to meet other people in other solar systems. You're not out-visioning Elon; it's a petty attempt at one-upmanship. It just doesn't seem genuine. I want to meet people in other Superclusters. Now she's been out-visioned!
Employee #7 at SpaceX didn't you hear? Relax, they're on the same team.
Re: Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX's Plan to Fly You Across the Globe in 30 Minutes [video]
#10What would be the environmental impact of ubiquitous rocket launches for business travel?
Not too huge. This person[1] did some math and found that a BFR trip across the world should take 40% to 240% as much carbon as a regular plane flight. For short trips this would be worse, though, because a plane's range goes up almost linearly with fuel use while a rocket's goes up much faster than linearly. Rockets that use solid boosters like the Space Shuttle, SLS, or Atlas V do a good amount of ozone damage as t…
Also I'm not sure where SpaceX gets its methane from. If it's from above-surface sources wouldn't its net carbon contribution essentially be zero?