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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by tcmart14 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:58AM (#28466393)
I'd say yes and no. You most definitely have a point here as I agree that their model, or view, is different than NASA. However, if NASA had not happened, would even conceiving of a different model or target had happened? Not to mention just initial research into rocketry. It maybe could have happened without NASA, but probably with a severely higher initial investment.
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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by aaronblohowiak on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:03AM (#28466792)
The soviets had a very strong space program and arguably their rocket designs have had a significant impact on spacex…
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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by tcmart14 on Friday September 10, 2021 @01:05AM (#28477989)
I should have included them also. It is very much a "standing on giants." As many scientists and engineers from different countries and nationalities have made major contributions. I believe it was an early soviet scientist in the 20s who came up with the formula for how much fuel needed to be loaded into a rocket.
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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by Symmetry on Thursday September 09, 2021 @10:54AM (#28470367)
Super Heavy does look a lot more like an N1 than a Saturn V, after all.
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