Jan 25, 2023 1:41 AM
jurgenspacerocketcomparison
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Space Rocket Comparison
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but the heavy spacex stuff doesn't fly and just explodes.
PwnageHobo
Here are some more words on how these things work (no need to use hard words): https://xkcd.com/1133
roboirishrumpelstiltskin
No fair! It was cold that day!
Turboslacker
Trankia12
gman003
FYI for others: many of these are plans that have been changed, eg. ITS and BFR were early plans for what is now Starship.
There are no *current* plans for liquid boosters for SLS, and I'm not sure where that 200T figure for Vulkan came from, highest I see is 28T
Provos
It’s not the size of the rocket it’s the thrust that matters.
Both matter a great deal
PostMoThoin
It's the motion when it lands in the ocean
wargames
but the heavy spacex stuff doesn't fly and just explodes.
PwnageHobo
Here are some more words on how these things work (no need to use hard words): https://xkcd.com/1133
roboirishrumpelstiltskin
No fair! It was cold that day!
Turboslacker
Trankia12
gman003
FYI for others: many of these are plans that have been changed, eg. ITS and BFR were early plans for what is now Starship.
gman003
There are no *current* plans for liquid boosters for SLS, and I'm not sure where that 200T figure for Vulkan came from, highest I see is 28T
Provos
It’s not the size of the rocket it’s the thrust that matters.
PwnageHobo
Both matter a great deal
PostMoThoin
It's the motion when it lands in the ocean