Spacex is going to launch a rocket bigger than stature V that will refuel the upper stage in orbit with a fuel tanker variant of the same rocket. Main rocket goes up, second stage gets into orbit, first stage lands and is fitted with a fuel tanker upper stage, rocket launches again, refuel, passenger/cargo stage goes to mars
Not really. You said they would be useless without landing legs. I said that every rocket except a couple of the best manage to work without landing legs @Awsomur
@Rodrigo110 by the sounds of they already exist anyway? I think they’ll do it the same way KSP did and just make it much more powerful and less effficient. That way you can get to most places without waiting more than an hour
here's a list of current major satellites with ion propulsion. This does not take into account the multitude of cube sats with ion propulsion. However, almost all extremely low orbit and extremely high orbit satellites in development are set to use ion power @JoshMan
@Rodrigo110 Dude, ion engines are used in most satellites already. They have vastly decreased power but high efficiency. I gave you a link to an article explaining them
@Rodrigo110 No not quantum travel. Ion engines as in a thruster that ionises particles and shoots them away at extreme speeds. Small thrust means slow acceleration but the phenomenal efficiency means it can be powered for decades, allowing craft to reach places no other engine can- except quantum warp drives.
Spacex is going to launch a rocket bigger than stature V that will refuel the upper stage in orbit with a fuel tanker variant of the same rocket. Main rocket goes up, second stage gets into orbit, first stage lands and is fitted with a fuel tanker upper stage, rocket launches again, refuel, passenger/cargo stage goes to mars
6.4 years agoNot really. You said they would be useless without landing legs. I said that every rocket except a couple of the best manage to work without landing legs @Awsomur
6.5 years agoNot really. Most satellites get launched without landing legs. The best rockets have landing legs though. @Awsomur
6.5 years agoI assume so. I don’t have the first game so I don’t know what any of the parts are. But I do have ksp and simpleplanes @Rodrigo110
6.5 years ago@Rodrigo110 by the sounds of they already exist anyway? I think they’ll do it the same way KSP did and just make it much more powerful and less effficient. That way you can get to most places without waiting more than an hour
6.5 years agohere's a list of current major satellites with ion propulsion. This does not take into account the multitude of cube sats with ion propulsion. However, almost all extremely low orbit and extremely high orbit satellites in development are set to use ion power @JoshMan
6.5 years agoAwesome! Thanks guys
6.5 years ago@Rodrigo110 Dude, ion engines are used in most satellites already. They have vastly decreased power but high efficiency. I gave you a link to an article explaining them
6.5 years agoPerhaps a better question to ask would be: "are there going to be suspension shocks?" because I don't want to have fully rigid landing legs
6.5 years ago@Rodrigo110 No not quantum travel. Ion engines as in a thruster that ionises particles and shoots them away at extreme speeds. Small thrust means slow acceleration but the phenomenal efficiency means it can be powered for decades, allowing craft to reach places no other engine can- except quantum warp drives.
6.5 years ago