The Launch Landscape: Small Rockets

Re:The Launch Landscape: Small Rockets by LightG on Monday June 28, 2021 @10:54AM (#27662782)

It tickles me that even the smallest operator on this list could launch me (in a suitable person-shaped container) into space, and some operators could also even recover me before I hit the ground.

Is there a market for this?!

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Re:The Launch Landscape: Small Rockets by shadilay on Monday June 28, 2021 @12:26PM (#27663942)

Are you factoring in the weight/complexity of the life support system?

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Re:The Launch Landscape: Small Rockets by LightG on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:10PM (#27664506)

I figured the flight would be short enough to get by with scuba-gear inside a pressurised compartment.

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Re:The Launch Landscape: Small Rockets by shadilay on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:16PM (#27664594)

That sounds like a terrifically bad idea. Temperature/pressure/G loading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hughes_(daredevil)

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Re:The Launch Landscape: Small Rockets by LightG on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @05:51AM (#27673807)

Hmm, you might have a good point there. I'll double check your calculations - but it looks like it's back to the drawing board for me.

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