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THE FUTURE IS CHROME EDITION
>>10707975

>>10078015
>few people really need that kind of speed

That's probably the reason these things are going to be so small, at least at first, if they work. You can fuck around with your time all you want. Like what we are doing right now on this site. Other people will pay to get from point at to point be as fast as possible and they will pay top dollar.

>>9592947
World hunger is a logistics problem. Meaning we have enough food, but it isn't being transported to the people who need it fast enough. Rockets can reach places in super fast time. The VTOL rockets SpaceX is developing can literally be used for transporting tons of food around the world in under 40 minutes.

On the other hand, I hope no one helps people in need. People in need are not worthy to live.

>>9331578
B-but,

>>9224387
They leave the atmosphere so there's no air at all. They should go ballistic for a while too.

>in case things go wrong.

At best, an abort would probably have a cabin separation which would land using a parachute. Wings are pretty much useless and require inordinate amounts of support systems. That was one of the major flaws in NASA's space shuttle design. Basically, those were engineering gone wrong.