SpaceX just showed us what every day could be like in spaceflight
SpaceX just showed us what every day could be like in spaceflight
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SpaceX just showed us what every day could be like in spaceflight
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters RUD Rapid Unplanned Disassembly ~ Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly ~ Rapid Unintended Disassembly SRB Solid Rocket Booster Jargon Definition hydrolox Portmanteau: liquid hydrogen fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer methalox Portmanteau: methane fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer [Thread #34 for this sub, first seen 6th Mar 2024, 17:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
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In the movie Gattaca (which is awesome for many other reasons), there is a constant stream of rockets taking off in the background. I always wanted that to be a real launch rate.
I believe that rockets are horrendously polluting, and only the fact that they are relatively rare saves us from the ecological effects.
Current rockets do have pollution issues, but I'm hoping that the next generation of rockets will be an improvement.
Hypergols and SRBs seem to be on the way out, and the upcoming methalox launchers produce very little soot and could be run carbon-neutral. Every reflown Falcon booster is one fewer booster dumped in the ocean, and a fully reusable Starship will be a further improvement.
More research needs to be done on the effects of exaust gases in the upper atmosphere.