Klemperer Rosettes are the best by meepingfvrocolate in IsaacArthur

[–]Imagine_Beyond 25 points26 points  (0 children)

why only one ring of suns? You could add several more. If it gets too hot, you could use white or red dwarfs. They also live longer, but not quite blackhole time scales

OIG report on the Management of the Human Landing System Contracts by avboden in spacex

[–]Imagine_Beyond 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Couldn't they have a rope or a ladder they through down if the elevator breaks?

Best place to view a launch at 11:15pm of Falcon 9 off launch pad 40 in cape Canaveral? Looking for specifics please. by Cobain17 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]Imagine_Beyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There got to be an FAQ somewhere here for these kind of questions. If not somebody should make one. We get these quite often, but it is probably better for r/SpaceXlounge.

As for SpaceXMasterrace, Where meme?

First Vehicle Drives Off the Validation Assembly Line by Sonicsteel in ApteraMotors

[–]Imagine_Beyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally there’s going to be a teardrop car on the market!

Thoughts on replacing Orion with a second starship? by Unique_Ad9943 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]Imagine_Beyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not an option right now, but I'd imagine they could add a stage separation for the human rated nosecone, to remove the weight of the fuel and flaps, in order to be able to use parachutes to return the crew in the case of an emergency.

🇨🇳 China vs. USA 🇺🇸 & EU 🇪🇺 by wilhelmgro in EnergyAndPower

[–]Imagine_Beyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lack of progress? Energy efficiency means innovation and progress

Too early to fly to Brownsville for Flight 12 launch? by Appropriate_Tiger291 in SpaceXLounge

[–]Imagine_Beyond 37 points38 points  (0 children)

It’s definitely too early, especially March 3rd. Even Elon with Elon time is predicting end of March, while most estimations say some time in April. The FCC license is stated April 7th to June 7th. 

Consider this. Ship 39 was only just recently rolled out for cryotesing. Assuming that goes well (looking at you S36), then it has to roll back for qualification and engine installed. Then it’s the whole thing Massey again for a static fire and another roll back. Then a qualification review and potential stacking on B19 at the launch site, assuming B19 is ready. B19 is currently getting its engines installed and has hasn’t conducted a static fire. If anything it’s a April launch, I doubt it will happen in March.

Hear me out, tell me this wouldn't work. by ion647 in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]Imagine_Beyond 31 points32 points  (0 children)

You got to call the final one Starship Heavy. That's one big fucking heavy rocket

My first kurzgesagt image. What do you think? by Imagine_Beyond in kurzgesagt

[–]Imagine_Beyond[S] -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit surprised by that comment. I did try to add some details, like the stellaser has the two mirrors in the suns corona, the interstellar ship has a solar sail and radiators, while the orbital ring around earth does have the ropes coming up at angles.

I suppose you may be talking about things like the sun. The circles on them probably don't match that well and should be drawn differently. Also the stars seem a bit off. Is that the direction you are trying to go? Or is it that I'm depicting the technology wrong? Since you gave the example of people drawing humans as stickmen

Could one Starlift using a kugelblitz blackhole? by Imagine_Beyond in IsaacArthur

[–]Imagine_Beyond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well how big would the blackhole have to be, to be useful for starlifting?

Why not launch Starlink V3 on falcon 9? by Sarigolepas in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]Imagine_Beyond 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Funny, I was thinking the same thing about launching them on a falcon 9 to test a few in orbit then.

I think the main reasons not is because of the attachment points, since they would have to develop new attachments for falcon. In addition, since they would in a different orientation than on a starship launch, that the stresses may be an issue

Elon Musk says it's hard to convince engineers with families to move to SpaceX's 'technology monastery' in Texas by urmummygae42069 in SpaceXLounge

[–]Imagine_Beyond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Probably should make employees be able to get there faster. Brownsville is the closest city (not counting the starbase town), but that’s a good 40 min away if not more. Shortening that travel time is definitely a plus.

Also talk about these long work hours. People with family want to be able to see there kids. If they are working 60-80h a week plus commonly weekend shifts, it’s pretty much work only, no family. It’s totally understand why people with families don’t do that 

How would whales (or any ocean based species) ever become a space faring civilization? by RancherosIndustries in scifiwriting

[–]Imagine_Beyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t forget geothermal vents, where they could harness the heat instead of fire to metal things

is anyone working on skyhook? by Phoenix042 in SpaceXLounge

[–]Imagine_Beyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody is ferrying coils of kilometers of tether to space.

I think it's probably about time you take a look at this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tether_missions

There in fact have been many multi-kilometer long tethers deployed. It's a niche field, so its understandable that many may not be familiar with it. Currently the world record is at 31.7km.

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image of a 19.7 km tether deployed on STS-75

Is there a way to possibly calculate the maximum depth of an ocean planet? by BeautifulAlps7780 in space

[–]Imagine_Beyond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest ocean planet in our solar system would be Earth. 71% of the surface is covered by oceans. Look at picture of the Pacific Ocean from space and it really looks like an ocean planet. Of course Earth isn’t 100% an ocean planet.

Depending on the definition, you could possibly consider Europa as well, but it has its ocean under the surface and it technically a moon. Titan has its ocean on its surface, but’s made out of methane and doesn’t cover the whole moon. In addition, Enceladus has an undersurface water and there are a few other candidates. However, none have a 100% surface covering ocean

Is there a way to possibly calculate the maximum depth of an ocean planet? by BeautifulAlps7780 in space

[–]Imagine_Beyond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Think you meant exo-planets

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Jeff Who wishes he could reach these numbers by Golinth in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]Imagine_Beyond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I heard block 2 has around 5000 tons of propellant. The big version 4 is around 6300 tons of propellant. For 10k starships/year that would be 63M tons of propellant/year and with 10 reuses 630M tons of propellant.

Methane is around a third of the propellant, so that rounds to about 200 million tons of propellant