Spaceception

I believe sevenperforce posted the exact same rocket 12 minutes before you did

It still sounds generic to me though, I think we should give it a cool name, I mean, look at Titan, and Callisto, and Hyperion, those are cool names, Luna, however, sounds boring. Just my 2 cents.

Pun not intended?

The Moon has such a generic name, what if we could change it? My proposal is Inanna, Goddess of Love, War, and Fertility, she was also linked to the morning and evening star. https://namethemoon.world/#/Facts-0

Alright, alright, alright.

A world 100% full of Prius (Or really, any Hybrid) drivers is still a world 100% addicted to oil. I have no idea who said this Just sayin' Although to be fair, Hybrids are a good first step, but we should try our hardest to make them obsolete asap.

At 11 am pacific they'll be announcing the winner!!

Here's some awesome numbers on the model 3; Per year, best selling cars like the Accord or Altima sell about 300,000 cars per year. The Model 3 got presales totaling more than 276,000 in 2 days. Now, many people will likely drop their deposits and get a refund if the car doesn't show up on time, but most of them will stay patient, even still it'll be A LOT of presales. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/04/04/the-car-industry-has-never-witnessed-what-tesla-is-about-to-go-through/

Kerbal

No lander?

You don't, instead, you get me. I wish I had $300,000,000

@Emperor of the Titan SquidErm, is there a reason you quoted me?

Bigelow has said that the flexible hull is just as strong as a solid one.

Because it's lighter, cheaper, and takes up less space than solid modules, and that's PERFECT for large spacecraft.

I don't have KSP yet, so posting there would be useless to me

HOHOHO!!!!!!

Will there be a replacement?

Oh.

Not even on paper? I mean, I know going by paper isn't always completely correct, but it's a good ballpark.

Almost every future spacecraft design is science fiction until we build it, but if it works on paper (Or KSP RO ) then you can bet it works in real life, with varying degrees of success. But you are right, I'm just making a thread to discuss how practical SSTOs are.

Erm... Yeah, what are you getting at?

So I looked through 7 pages and all I saw were SSTO threads from the spacecraft exchange, none here, so forgive me if there was already a thread here Anyway, SSTOs, I've got a lot of questions, and judging by the amount of SSTOs you guys build, I'm sure you can answer them, ask lots more questions, or take part quite easily in this thread. How big (i.e. How much can one carry) before a SSTO gets to big and becomes ridiculously inefficient? What would be the best engine setup for an SSTO, only rocket engines, jet and rocket engines, or SABRE derived engines? What's the best design for a SSTO, rocket or plane? What are all the different types types of SABRE derived engines? Maybe an aerospike type SABRE engine? For a plane, What's the best wing setup? Are they cheaper or more expensive to build than rockets, how much or little would one cost? Are they easier or harder to build? Are they more eco friendly or worse? What are the pros and cons of SSTOs? I have a very rough idea in my head for a SSTO that can carry 260 tonnes to LEO, is that good, or bad (In terms of power)? Here's some links; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-stage-to-orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_%28spacecraft%29 http://spectech.bravepages.com/OT_Article_SSTO.htm

That's so sad, an entire species just went extinct.

Alright then. Well, they haven't so much as built a lander prototype, or engines, or hab, or really anything but Orion, and partially the SLS, so it wouldn't be the craziest idea, not the best, but not the craziest, plus it'd be a much more easier plan, and if we collab with other countries, it could be like a "ISS" 2.0 . I think he should change it to manned Venus balloons tbh.