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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by jonahbenton on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:38PM (#28044082)
On what timescale, at what level of capital investment?
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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by kamkazemoose on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:47PM (#28044152)
In a little over 100 years we've gone from the first powered flight to flying a helicopter on Mars. We might not be mining asteroids in 5 years but it isn't unreasonable to think it could happen in our lifetimes.
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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by afterburner on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:43PM (#28044113)
Hundreds of years, government-level investment.
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