<Althego>
soon it will feel weird when the others discard the rocket
<Mat2ch>
That feels already weird.
<Mat2ch>
SpaceX started recovering tests about 10 years ago
<Althego>
and now rocketlab follows
<Mat2ch>
and nobody back then copied them. And now they are all about "we need that, too", but will another decade to get there, if at all.
<Althego>
even ula will try to recover the engines. the engines which dont exist :)
<Mat2ch>
well
<Mat2ch>
I don't see any launch vehicle like F9 right now. (Except Starship, where we see tests)
<Althego>
next rocketlab launch will be with a heli capture
<Mat2ch>
Not a powered landing though
<Althego>
and that makes it better
<Mat2ch>
Does it?
<Althego>
neutron will also have one less burn
<Mat2ch>
It's fancier, somehow
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<Mat2ch>
but nothing will be Starship...
<Althego>
only the sls can rival that currently, but it is already pointless
<Mat2ch>
I'm talking about landing only.
<Mat2ch>
Hovering over chopsticks and then getting caught with them
<Althego>
that is unique
<Althego>
in a sense logical. the more mass you can move to the launch infrastructure, the better
<Mat2ch>
For Mars and Moon it'll still need legs.
<Mat2ch>
But the tankers wont.
<Mat2ch>
which means you can carry more fuel
<Althego>
on the other hand rocketlab just did the reverse, by eliminating a lot of infrastructure, they added some mas to the rocket, namely the piping for fueling
<Mat2ch>
And maybe have to do fewer refills
<packbart>
The All You Can Launch buffet. Free refills!
<Mat2ch>
They could get pretty cheap if the fuel is produced on site and everything driven by pv
<Althego>
the fuel is still relatively cheap in the whole thing
<Althego>
so how will they build the orbital depot?
<Mat2ch>
They could just launch tankers without fins.
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<darsie>
1337
<Althego>
heh
<Althego>
i was utterly defeated on two channels
<packbart>
23:05 is better, anyway. illuminati time
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<darsie>
But at least it conducts and the others shine.
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<Althego>
scott
<Tank2333>
manley
<Althego>
peter beck is so popular in the last few days
<Althego>
kikkerikii
<darsie>
Peter's audio is bad, again. Was bad wiht NSF, too, kinda.
<Althego>
recurring
<Althego>
older interviews are the same
<Althego>
probably same setup
<Althego>
one suggestion, next time make one interview with all the usual suspects
<Althego>
and then he doesnt need to tell the same answers to same questions
<darsie>
But with multiple interviews ppl can come up wiht new questions, possibly inspired by the other interviews.
<Althego>
yes, that is why they have to be present at the same time
<Althego>
they could build on each other's questions
<darsie>
The pain is in the redundance of the interview.
<Althego>
at least the interview length was progressively getting smaller
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<SporkWitch>
Ending the year on a high note, The Babylon Bee, the satire website, got an interview with Elon Musk (yes, this is real lol) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvXkNrlDk1M Full interview should be out tonight haha