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    Pretty sure they had discussed recovering the second stage with a propulsive landing, but dropped the concept, because it had no major benefit. In case you hadn't noticed, the second stage is a perfect cylinder, minus the rocket nozzle. And how about Electron reuse? It has no wings. It survived reentry with just thrusters. Yeah, but I would like to point out that the Shuttle and Ares 1 were camels, a horse designed by committee. Starship is designed with a specific, constant mission set in mind, and that's a huge difference.
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    Ah, but using Kerbiloid's logic, this is just a prototype, and has no bearing on the actual product. Anyways, I stand corrected. But, this tug, and the hypothetical station, is brought to us by the same people who built a station module, and then rebuilt it, and then repaired their rebuild, and repaired their repairs, and so on, and are only now, 13+ years past the original launch date, vaguely ready to put it in space. I think I'll wait and see. Meanwhile, I bet my money against an indigenous station being built.
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    Can I offer a correction? Fine. "[Congressional representatives'] interests should not be indicators of viability." There.
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    Um, no. They're called control surfaces for a reason. Look, I figure these people know what they're doing. And just because a high percentage of the small number of human-carrying return vehicles have had a certain shape does not mean that all future vehicles must have that shape. What are you worried will happen? Do you think Starship won't be able to control itself properly; or that it will break up on reentry, or something else?
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    Four flights. The Soviets were too cheap to build a test stand.
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    Not always, but it can come close. And it's getting closer. The T-7 Red Hawk trainer/light attack aircraft was designed and tested almost entirely electronically.
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    They're being built, unlike this hypothetical station and nuclear tug.
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    They're not designed to. Starship is.
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    All of which an unmanned satellite can watch for much less Δv and money. There's no benefit to having a near-polar station, as far as I can see. I doubt the funding will ever get through for a fully indigenous station. More likely no station is built for a while. I wanna see what size inflatable module can fit in that payload fairing. Probably yuge.
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    Yeah. But, why is a station viewing these latitudes useful? Access is harder, because of the inclination, which is a con. What are the pros? And yes, I know what a map looks like.
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    AWESOMENESS!!! Also, is it true Ingenuity carries part of the Wright Flyer?
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    I know this region is heating up geopolitically, but what benefits are there to having a station in a polar orbit? If you wanna see the poles, just use a satellite, right? Yeah, I'll believe this stuff when I see it. Until then, dream on, Dmitri Olegovich.
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    This just looks so beautiful. Way better than any mod I've seen. And, yeah, great music!
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    Well, I'm sure he would think so.
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    Somebody call the doctor, 'cause my heart just stopped.
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    I wouldn't be surprised if it really does consume net energy. A safer bet, though, would be bamboo. Or cardboard.
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    I don't see that. The AF never clarified. Longest US shot previously was an AIM-54, which hit a target drone at 132 mi (212 km). So, it's further than that.
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    Also, this. I do wonder if this is the longest AAM shot for the US specifically, or worldwide.
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    Wow, I've never heard those terms before. Learn something new every day!
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    Aaaaand then there's this: So, don't these hypothetical magic tanks depend on internal pressure to remain strong? There's a difference between tensile strength and compression/load-bearing strength... Edit: Oops, thought my replies would merge.
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    Totally not Tsircon! Not sure whether this guy even qualifies for layman. Great comedian, though.
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    This is just Electron, but minus New Zealand It'll be interesting to see if they go anywhere. The three-way symmetry on their larger launcher is an interesting choice. Has it ever been done before?
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    Oh, heck, no. Any single guy who claims to be outdoing the entire American aerospace industry is a quack, at the least. Cute little linear aerospike on the last one, along with his main tank "oirentation". I don't see mention of a cooling system, either. The SR-71 needed a complex air conditioner system to keep the pilot from cooking. So, for 244 people, at Mach 9... And that "fighter"... A Mach 10 ejection seat alone would be a huge challenge, yeah? But a whole fighter! LOL.
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    Oh, I thought it was LockMart, BO, and GA separately, not Lockheed and BO/GA. Nevermind, then. And yeah, I know GA well.
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    I'll bet BO partners with some other company for the nuclear aspect. IDK who...
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