Re:Blue Origin Engineer: we are not like this
by 908B64B197 on Monday August 16, 2021 @06:17PM
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The document from BO [0] reads like an add for SpaceX.
"There are an unprecedented number of technologies, developments, and operations that have never been done before for Starship to land on the Moon. This includes developing Super Heavy, not only the largest launch vehicle stage ever produced, but one that has to be reusable, and Starship, the first ever reusable second stage. Then, the two systems must work together. A launch site in Boca Chica, Texas that has never conducted an orbital launch must demonstrate the ability to do so 7-11 times within 1-week increments. And cryogenic fluid transfer, a process that has also never been done, must work to refuel up to 100 MT of propellants from Starship to Starship"
It's just like Apollo: So many new tech (launching the largest payload ever, precision docking, computer assisted flight).
"There are an unprecedented number of technologies, developments, and operations that have never been done before for Starship to land on the Moon. This includes developing Super Heavy, not only the largest launch vehicle stage ever produced, but one that has to be reusable, and Starship, the first ever reusable second stage. Then, the two systems must work together. A launch site in Boca Chica, Texas that has never conducted an orbital launch must demonstrate the ability to do so 7-11 times within 1-week increments. And cryogenic fluid transfer, a process that has also never been done, must work to refuel up to 100 MT of propellants from Starship to Starship"
It's just like Apollo: So many new tech (launching the largest payload ever, precision docking, computer assisted flight).
[0] https://drive.google.com/file/d/11PzZvWXOlV09B4wI9jPA_yRp5N9...