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Re:Orion has splashed down off the coast of Baja, California by Aperocky on Sunday December 11, 2022 @03:46PM (#33947314)
kWH of power and its cost does not translate here, your kWh of power does not have any specific impulse.
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Re:Orion has splashed down off the coast of Baja, California by randallsquared on Sunday December 11, 2022 @07:17PM (#33949176)
Space elevators and Lofstrom loops also do not have Isp (or have very, very poor Isp, if you're treating the Earth as reaction mass...).
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Re:Orion has splashed down off the coast of Baja, California by iso1631 on Monday December 12, 2022 @03:17AM (#33952216)
kWh is a measure of energy, not power. And specific impulse is only of relevance to rockets, not to the amount of energy required to lift.

The problem in space access isn't an energy problem, it's a method problem.

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