Space Shuttle still MILES better than egomaniac Musk's "Space-X"

More flexible, more powerful.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/06/tech...son/index.html

On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 5:30:55 PM UTC-5, RichA wrote:
More flexible, more powerful.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/06/tech...son/index.html

Lots of capability beyond what was needed or ever used.

On Wednesday, 7 February 2018 04:14:19 UTC+1, Scott M. Kozel wrote:
On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 5:30:55 PM UTC-5, RichA wrote:
More flexible, more powerful.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/06/tech...son/index.html

Lots of capability beyond what was needed or ever used.

The huge irony is that RichA entirely missed the point.
The re-usable rocket is a private venture.
Thereby saving taxpayers' money on obscenely priced hardware.
MrA ought to be drooling at the prospect of this free l[a]unch! ;-)

On Thursday, 8 February 2018 01:46:17 UTC-5, Chris.B wrote:
On Wednesday, 7 February 2018 04:14:19 UTC+1, Scott M. Kozel wrote:
On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 5:30:55 PM UTC-5, RichA wrote:
More flexible, more powerful.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/06/tech...son/index.html

Lots of capability beyond what was needed or ever used.

The huge irony is that RichA entirely missed the point.
The re-usable rocket is a private venture.
Thereby saving taxpayers' money on obscenely priced hardware.
MrA ought to be drooling at the prospect of this free l[a]unch! ;-)

Yes, I'm sure Herr Musk will ferry U.S. astronauts to and fro for nothing.

On Thursday, 8 February 2018 10:11:11 UTC+1, RichA wrote:

Yes, I'm sure Herr Musk will ferry U.S. astronauts to and fro for nothing.

We'll just have to hope he doesn't try to 'upgrade' an oil change to a full service.

I doubt Herr Trumpet will allow it unless he gets his name printed on the rocket in 3" thick, solid gold.

What's it going to cost the taxpayer for Herr Trumpet to have his Kim-style military parade?

Will he boast he has more servicemen on parade than Hitler? Or even Razz Putin? ;-)

On Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:11:01 UTC-5, Chris.B wrote:
On Thursday, 8 February 2018 10:11:11 UTC+1, RichA wrote:

Yes, I'm sure Herr Musk will ferry U.S. astronauts to and fro for nothing.

We'll just have to hope he doesn't try to 'upgrade' an oil change to a full service.

I doubt Herr Trumpet will allow it unless he gets his name printed on the rocket in 3" thick, solid gold.

Yes, Musk shares "none" of those characteristics. BTW, is his rocket being subsidized for the rich by middle-class taxpayers, they way his $100,000 electric cars and solar panels are?

On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 01:11:07 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:
The re-usable rocket is a private venture.
Thereby saving taxpayers' money on obscenely priced hardware.
MrA ought to be drooling at the prospect of this free l[a]unch!
;-)

Yes, I'm sure Herr Musk will ferry U.S. astronauts to and fro for
nothing.

Not for nothing, but the belief is that he'll do it for a
significantly lower cost than the Russians with their Souyuz. That
was the whole point of NASA refraining from developing a replacement
for the space shuttle when it was retired. It remains to be seen how
it works out.

On 09/02/2018 07:15, Paul Schlyter wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 01:11:07 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:
The re-usable rocket is a private venture.
Thereby saving taxpayers' money on obscenely priced hardware.
MrA ought to be drooling at the prospect of this free l[a]unch!
;-)

Yes, I'm sure Herr Musk will ferry U.S. astronauts to and fro for
nothing.

Not for nothing, but the belief is that he'll do it for a significantly
lower cost than the Russians with their Souyuz. That was the whole point
of NASA refraining from developing a replacement for the space shuttle
when it was retired. It remains to be seen how it works out.

Monopoly suppliers are seldom cheap.
Is the Space-X heavy even rated for manned human flight?

Don't they have to prove a certain number of successful launches of
inanimate objects into the *right* orbit before that happens?

Flinging them off into the asteroid belt isn't all that impressive if
the intention was to visit Mars. They should have hit the trajectory
they filed in their original flight plan but didn't.

Also need to meet strict requirements of not half killing the astronauts
by excessive vibration like super fast speedboat racing does.

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Martin Brown