Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi...
by 6pac3rings on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @04:36AM
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Is the cost to doubling the width of starship proportional to pizza?
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Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi...
by dang on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @02:26PM
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Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments? You've been doing it a lot and it's not what this site is supposed to be for.
Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi...
by 6pac3rings on Saturday March 27, 2021 @03:31AM
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I was wanting to compare the industrial scale cost of doubling the width of a pizza to doubling the width of the cross section of a starship. Your entitled to you're opinion
Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi...
by AstralStorm on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @07:00AM
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No, much higher, because of extra engines and more plumbing.
Starship is already pretty marginal of an upper stage and it's fired early. More marginal than old Space Shuttle, but cheaper to refurbish.
Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi...
by rbanffy on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @07:30AM
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OTOH, the weight of the rocket grows mostly linearly (it's essentially a skin around propellants), the number of engines grows with the square of the diameter and the fuel volume grows at a cubic rate, so the engines can burn for longer (at some point, aerospike engines will become practical).