/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15262571 >>15262578
>t.never drove between Austin and Bastrop
I went that way this past weekend, it's like 30 miles away. There's nothing like a stop light in the middle of fucking nowhere with 50 cars stacked up behind it.

>>14962648
>orbital inclination changes are easy
It's not like putting a pile of fuel cans in the desert, just getting there is a toll booth that forces launch windows on you. It might be okay with a bunch of similar missions, or saving up ten launches of fuel for a big mission, but a general Buc'ees kind of depot won't work.
I guess it might be possible in L4/L5 for BEO missions, but we still haven't even gone there yet.

>>14815223
I'm not sure what the plan is, Bastrop is boonies relative to Austin. Maybe Elon just wants to have a Buc'ees nearby. Maybe he's going to build the first Buc'ees on Mars.