not like anything like that has been invented

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hmm

@racecartacocat he's agreeing he doesn't know what that's stuff is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ9wVqX23kY

Doxxer in icebox

yo nasa is lit

dude nasa really be launching rockets

like

not as much as before

but it really do be that way

yeah cuz spacex is lit

so nasa can focus on building the necessary advanced probes, human rated capsules, satellites, etc

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and spacex has the lack of restriction necessary to innovate to create cheap orbital service on a per pound basis

like 10 times cheaper than space shuttle per pound which is lit

Space shuttle was a failure

cool but way too expensive

Was the space shuttle an ssto or no

no

ssto is single stage to orbit

something like the skylon that's under development

SSTOs are theoretically easier to turn around

but

in rocket form they don't deliver much payload and are usually more expensive and less efficient than their expendable or semi-expendable counterparts

the reason rockets stage is obviously to use their fuel more efficiently; doubling your fuel doesn't double your range

also since certain rocket engines perform better in atmosphere or vacuum environments, an SSTO's engines are as well adjusted for the different periods of ascent

What was really sad, was the cancellation of the X-33 tho

they had linear aerospike engines, which essentially used hydrolauics to shift the shape of the rocket nozzle so that it was efficient at all attitudes

What does the lead role mean?

Its xp

additionally it was a lifting body orbiter, which allowed it to use lift on ascent and save fuel with a different flight profile

but big rip because x-33 got cancelled in early 2000s due to political decisions made based on problems that had already been solved

Hey can anyone tell me why I'm not able to use flat-earth text chat any more?

@Citizen Z get rid of all of the mainstreamers and globe earthers please

^o^

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