Re:SpaceX Plans Facility Expansion at Kennedy Space Center
by Tuna-Fish on Friday June 08, 2018 @09:11PM
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You don't have to launch over land, just go the other way. BFR flying without a payload can easily go the long way around, launch west over pacific and land in Florida from the east.
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Re:SpaceX Plans Facility Expansion at Kennedy Space Center
by walrus01 on Friday June 08, 2018 @11:11PM
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The propellant for a two stage bfr has to cost at least a couple of hundred thousand dollars... plus launch prep costs and incremental cost of using up the life of engines. Even if each one is good for 100 launches, 1/100th of its fully loaded build cost had to be a lot of money.