A "short boat ride" you say... Current exclusion zones and logistical requirements suggest otherwise.
Realistically, P2P using giant rockets is a nothing but a pipe dream. Just straight forward things like weather proof this. The latest F9 launch had to be scrubbed two times due to unfavourable weather at the launch site, for example.
Now multiply that just that weather-risk by two, since the landing site also requires good conditions at the same time.
Then there's the "little things" like airspace closures, launch permissions, boarding procedures, the requirement for personal pressure suits (simple masks won't do in case of cabin pressure loss), etc.
The idea sounds so easy on paper, but there's a lot of good reasons that in over 60 years of crewed space flight, the idea hasn't even been demonstrated.
Sorry, it took me a bit to reply to you on this censorship laden bullshit “you’re replying to fast by posting more than 3 times a day” website.
Fuck dang, time to cycle residential proxies.
That said, see sibling comments about fineness. In addition to being fine in the shiny variety, starship is a portly fellow. It will be able to land in anything less than a hurricane.
F9's fineness ratio makes it very sensitive to weather. Soyuz rockets can launch in blizzards.
Starship should be weather insensitive as well.
Now for the launch platform, it will have to be built about 30km from shore, and could be accessed by high speed train, the travel time would be 15-20 minutes from the shore
qayxc|3 years ago
Realistically, P2P using giant rockets is a nothing but a pipe dream. Just straight forward things like weather proof this. The latest F9 launch had to be scrubbed two times due to unfavourable weather at the launch site, for example.
Now multiply that just that weather-risk by two, since the landing site also requires good conditions at the same time.
Then there's the "little things" like airspace closures, launch permissions, boarding procedures, the requirement for personal pressure suits (simple masks won't do in case of cabin pressure loss), etc.
The idea sounds so easy on paper, but there's a lot of good reasons that in over 60 years of crewed space flight, the idea hasn't even been demonstrated.
zionic|3 years ago
Fuck dang, time to cycle residential proxies.
That said, see sibling comments about fineness. In addition to being fine in the shiny variety, starship is a portly fellow. It will be able to land in anything less than a hurricane.
cnlevy|3 years ago
Now for the launch platform, it will have to be built about 30km from shore, and could be accessed by high speed train, the travel time would be 15-20 minutes from the shore