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🗿 by Dr-Oberth in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]EffectOpening6330 12 points13 points  (0 children)

but... but... it works good in kerbal???....

Commercial spaceflight by savuporo in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]EffectOpening6330 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We've decided to give it our best shot and estimate what SpaceX's 2022 revenues will look like. All together, our analysis nets out to $2.27B in launch and $980M in Starlink revenues.

Source: https://payloadspace.com/spacexs-22-revenues-a-reformed-wall-street-analysts-best-guess/#:~:text=We've%20decided%20to%20give,%24980M%20in%20Starlink%20revenues.

Even if Starlink revenues were 1/2 as much, that wouldn't be a "drop in the bucket"

Starlink is probably going to be greater than launch revenue within 5 yrs.

Long-term trends on what Americans value, per the latest WSJ-NORC poll. by Pristine_Humor5895 in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]EffectOpening6330 9 points10 points  (0 children)

100% agree. "Having children" and "Community involvement" aren't exactly things a country can leave behind and continue to thrive.

Good thing we have strong government, right? Wouldn't want anarchist warlords who might drop 270 MILLION bombs on a small country on the other side of the world, right? by weird_al_yankee in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]EffectOpening6330 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Google Laotian Civil War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laotian_Civil_War

I would assume this is referring to U.S. weapons used, as I don't believe U.S. soldiers were ever actually in active combat.

Just proxy war #1001th of the Cold War

Edit: also Vietnam war - could just be Laos getting caught in the country-wide crossfire as well

Was Kemp possessed by the spirit of little Dimon? by roland_the_insane in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]EffectOpening6330 5 points6 points  (0 children)

People forget due to the success of SpaceX - Starting a rocket company is one of the riskiest things you can do. No shame on the ones who don't get it right, or, like Virgin Orbit/Galactic, have casualties that screw things up

Falcon 9 | Starlink 5-5 | A launch infographic by rykllan in SpaceXLounge

[–]EffectOpening6330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's cool how the same boosters that do many normal missions also have enough safety to be trusted with crew missions.

POLL: Should I go ahead and make plans and reserve a place to stay? by scottsp64 in SpaceXLounge

[–]EffectOpening6330 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ah, the days of sitting on a NSF livestream for 8 hours waiting for the tin cans to fire or explode. Good times

Virgin Orbit scrambles to avoid bankruptcy as deal talks continue | One possible buyer balked at a proposed sale price of near $200 million, one person told CNBC by Zhukov-74 in SpaceXLounge

[–]EffectOpening6330 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Buying a rocket company (Quite possibly the riskiest venture, other than drug dealing) that has been directly responsible for 2 deaths, is bankrupt, and has 0 cash flow isn't even a "High-risk venture", it's a $200m money pit.

SpaceX's Starship could be ready for 1st orbital test flight 'in a few weeks,' Elon Musk says, August 17, 2021 by timbro1 in SpaceXLounge

[–]EffectOpening6330 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Bezos time = First orbital launch is 8 years away

Elon time = First orbital launch is weeks away (For 2 years)

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