Fly to most places on Earth in under 30 mins and anywhere in under 60. Cost per seat should be about the same as full fare economy in an aircraft. Forgot to mention that.
BFR is capable of transporting satellites to orbit, crew and cargo to the @Space_Station and completing missions to the Moon and Mars.
Fly to most places on Earth in under 30 mins and anywhere in under 60. Cost per seat should be… instagram.com/p/BZnVfWxgdLe/ [about the same as full fare economy in an aircraft. Forgot to mention that.]
How do you make the high g-forces of rocket liftoff comfortable for every day travel? Will it just become something we get used to?
Assuming max acceleration of 2 to 3 g's, but in a comfortable direction. Will feel like a mild to moderate amusement park ride on ascent and then smooth, peaceful & silent in zero gravity for most of the trip until landing.
Transcript is up at http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/making-life-multiplanetary-elon-musk-adelaide-iac-2017-09-29Corrections, however trivial, are welcome. PM me or join the site and make them yourself.~Kirk
Elon Musk: Making Life Multi-PlanetaryBy Leonard David March 26th, 2018Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer at SpaceX, presents the updated design for the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), in a summary article published in New Space, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.The article is available free on the New Space website.The article is a summary of Musk’s presentation at the 68th International Astronautical Congress.
QuoteElon Musk: Making Life Multi-PlanetaryBy Leonard David March 26th, 2018Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer at SpaceX, presents the updated design for the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), in a summary article published in New Space, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.The article is available free on the New Space website.The article is a summary of Musk’s presentation at the 68th International Astronautical Congress.http://www.leonarddavid.com/elon-musk-making-life-multi-planetary/Article is at:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/space.2018.29013.emu
I imagine that's what "summary article" means.
People who want a DOI to reference, probably.
elonmusk Zero gravity violin concerto in Earth orbit before departing to Mars