SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage Than Anyone Thinks

Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage... by prepend on Monday April 17, 2023 @07:39AM (#35599307)

I hate to be that person, but feel free to research them. I’m not going to enumerate them here. But perhaps start with the FAA request and resolution.

I don’t think it’s smart to assume that just because I’m not aware of some information that it’s unknown.

This article [0] describes some of the reasons why spacex is investigating offshore launches, but choosing not to do it, for now.

[0] https://maritime-executive.com/article/spacex-suspends-plan-...

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Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage... by kevviiinn on Monday April 17, 2023 @07:56AM (#35599447)

That article doesn't seem to mention any reasons not to launch at sea and goes on to state:

>The concept of sea launch has been used successfully before, and it makes commercial sense for some applications. Orbital launch trajectories are affected by location, and a sea-based launch allows the operator to pick the site to maximize efficiency and payload. The space company Sea Launch used a secondhand MODU to launch Ukrainian-built Zenit rockets for 15 years.

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Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage... by prepend on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:53AM (#35612282)

So what else did you find? What do you think are the reasons that SpaceX and other launch centers (NASA, roscosmos, cnsa) use ground based launches instead of offshore?

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