[AR] Re: The Atlantic: Elon Musk and SpaceX Want to Fly From NYC to Shanghai in 39 Minutes

  • From: David Masten <dmasten@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:29:52 -0700

Getting over inconvenient neutral states?

Dave


On 10/10/2017 5:34 PM, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:

Alas, that would require, oh, roughly 2X better propulsion than the best current rockets, if you want to keep the worldwide range.

And if it's just in-theater-range, where's there enough advantage over conventional transports to justify the cost?

Henry

On 10/10/2017 2:42 PM, J Farmer wrote:
Or consider a PtoP rocket ship with the ability to hover for a few seconds over the LZ, kick out the troops and gear, then re-accelerate back to base...

John





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