Starship will attempt a launch this weekend

Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by adgjlsfhk1 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:14AM (#38265188)

I do somewhat doubt that the economics would work out. Silicon wafers are expensive, but I'm not sure if the price is currently higher than that of launching a bunch of sand to low earth orbit.

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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by kiba on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @12:00PM (#38266022)

You wouldn't launch sands to LEO, but the equipment used for bootstrapping a mining operation on the moon or asteroid.

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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by pixl97 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:05PM (#38267029)

I think the point is you'd be able to build products in space that you cannot build on Earth for any cost currently.

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