Never is a long time and you're relying on a bunch of unknowns like the cost of launch to orbit in 2030 and the future regulatory environment here on earth.
If you know all that out to 2040 then you must be a time traveler. Please try to fix our timeline rather than wasting time on HN.
Never is a long time and you're relying on a bunch of unknowns like the cost of launch to orbit in 2030 and the future regulatory environment here on earth.
If you know all that out to 2040 then you must be a time traveler. Please try to fix our timeline rather than wasting time on HN.
You’re right. Why am I wasting time on here?
You're smarter than me on that point. I got sucked into the argument and ended up wasting a couple of hours. I'm an idiot.
no you didnt, i read most of your comments in this thread. very valuable even if little optimistic.
>> The current plan is for 250 kW peak with 160 m^2 radiators. It will weigh about 4 tons so you can pack 25 on one flight of Starship.
>> Deploy 4,000 and you're at 1 GW. That's 160 launches.