/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12190319

>If you don't mind dying of cancer or outright due to toxic residue.

Oh yeah, I forgot that Proton was filled with orange cloud bad stuff. Angara should be fine though.

Speaking of which, Angara A5 launch on November the 3rd, putting its first payload into orbit.

>>10740209

The thing about multiple copies is that while the price per unit would go down a lot, the total price would still be much larger and budgets are a thing. It would be neat to have a small fleet of telescopes in space but the total cost of launching such a fleet would be astronomical.

>>10740213

Proton-M(+) is still ranked among the top 5 of heavy lift vehicles, its just that is being overshadowed by newer designs like the Falcon Heavy and Angara-A5.

Its not bad considering how old the basic Proton rocket design really is.