cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53914697

xkcd #3319: Elevators

Title text:

"A reusable elevator would also be great because we'd save so much on the bulky and expensive shields that people currently use to avoid bruises and rug burns when sliding down the stairs."

Transcript:

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3319/

explainxkcd for #3319

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A short nap

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Happy birthday to the one and only John Insprucker!

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Introducing Starbase Earth
60 launch pads 400 miles apart (40 floating + 20 land pads)
Enabling high rate downrange landings
300+ tons of payload per launch

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Space-Pioneer reveal their Tianhuo-21 methalox engine (2,450 kN, 332 s sea-level), presumably for some Starship analogue.

Gwynne Shotwell roasts Boeing

Gwynne Shotwell: "We're not retiring [Falcon 9] today, for sure, and there is another provider, right? Boeing has been paid, I think probably more than we have been paid, to develop their human capsule. So we're just going to let them have some business. They should fly their capsule. Government paid a lot of money for that. They should be able to use it."

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