[AR] Re: 500,000 tons per year to GEO (off topic)

  • From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 13:12:26 -0800

My problem with SpaceX is not the cost, but the flight rate.  If you
can make a case that SpaceX could deliver 60 tons per hour to GEO, I
would love to hear it.

Launching 3 Skylons per hour is easy, the big airports do it all the time.

Rockets just become ridiculous when you talk about 1200 tons per hour,
which is the flight rate needed to get humans off fossil fuels.

On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 9:49 AM,  <marsbeyond@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kieth,
>
> When is Skylon supposed to fly? In less than two years, SpaceX will be using 
> propulsive recovery to re-use the first stage, second stage, and capsule, and 
> their cost to LEO will drop to $100 a pound!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 2, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> http://theenergycollective.com/keith-henson/362181/dollar-gallon-gasoline
>>
>> $350 million committed so far to the Skylon engines.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>

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