/sci/ - Science & Math

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>>12491581

everything works except for the plumbing of their engine setup. one cluster of problems that can be fixed entirely on the ground, very quickly with the aid of computer simulation.

moon mine 2024 screencap me faggot

This was the only space-related picture on my work laptop edition.

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>>12163074
ONE
HUNDRED
STAGE
YEET
TRAIN

>>12020145
>orbital yeet trains
Did somebody say "full lunar mission with less than a billion dollars in FH launches?"

>>11983093
If only pic related were the actual plan for Artemis.
Big Jim, if you're reading this, you can land people on the moon by 2024 or probably earlier if you just have someone build modular chain-together kick stages that can launch to LEO on a F9 or FH.

>>11958145
That picture and this one come from /sfg/ threads this past spring when people were bitching about how the SLS had less kg/$ capacity than expendable Falcon Heavy, let alone Starship. The starting proposition was, "assuming Starship is canceled outright, can you still get to the moon cheaper than SLS?" and the answer was yes.

>>11943421
If only Congress were interested in accomplishing the Artemis objectives as quickly and cheaply as possible.

>>11888407
>a yeet train made of Starship-sized kick stages
CHRIST
If you had a 5-stage train, all fully fueled, how fast do you think that fucker could push a 100 ton payload?

>>11855176
IIRC this discussion grew out of how stupidly expensive SLS was and how "just throw more Falcon Heavy launches at it lol" was a serious option that would actually reduce costs even if Starship development was cancelled.

>>11799480
>including dev costs each SLS flight is ~9 billion dollars right?
Yes. Pic related started as a shitpost but even if Starship got fucking cancelled you'd be better off lobbing Falcon Heavy payloads at Artemis and Gateway and everything else SLS was supposed to do at this point.

First for a wagon train to the stars.

>>11694072
>>11694106
You don't even need that for crew. Just build your kick stage train first and send up the people when it's ready. The whole thing can be done with F9, maybe FH if you want to put a larger single-piece crew vehicle up there. It's orbital lego bitch, just assembly-line mass manufacture your component pieces and STACC.

Reminder that a simple change in mission architecture/hardware focus could reduce costs, accelerate schedules, and enhance capabilities for all current goals in manned spaceflight.

>>11672741

>>11611528
Third for LEO assembly

>>11590151