Rockets bigger than Apollo launching, and landing at night, in the vicinity of major cities, makes Concorde's sonic boom issue seem trivial .....
I'm not buying it, not without major changes. I bet we'll see a major updates to this.Do they really need the full-sized booster for point-to-point travel? That thing is huge and operating it from a floating platform would be a major effort. Also I couldn't hope but notice the pad crane is the same one from IAC 2016 and still not very realistic.Suborbital point-to-point travel would make a lot more sense with a dedicated single stage-vehicle.
CO2 emissions anyone?Musk believes in global warming and now he is proposing something that will emit ~10 times more CO2 compared to a normal plane.
Do they really need the full-sized booster for point-to-point travel?
Quote from: tobi453 on 09/29/2017 06:28 amCO2 emissions anyone?Musk believes in global warming and now he is proposing something that will emit ~10 times more CO2 compared to a normal plane.Only about the same as a plane for the same route.
Won't ITAR cause issues for this?
Quote from: MikeAtkinson on 09/29/2017 06:35 amQuote from: tobi453 on 09/29/2017 06:28 amCO2 emissions anyone?Musk believes in global warming and now he is proposing something that will emit ~10 times more CO2 compared to a normal plane.Only about the same as a plane for the same route. Big no. This system goes near orbital velocity. This takes a lot more energy than a simple plane. Just look at the mass: 500 tonnes for an aircraft compared to 5000 tonnes for this system.
It's the most minute of the details, but I think typical to the Musk approach:The video says "Paris to New York 30 minutes" Where in (near) Paris would he launch a BFR-sized rocket? CNES must feel like idots shipping Ariane to Kourou all the years when they could just lift-off from Paris-Orly Terminal 1.