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To: Kaslin

The pro-Musk arguments seem to boil down to “Space X is much better than NASA” - but the upcoming bankruptcy and collapse of Tesla is going to deflate his cult of personality.


60 posted on 04/22/2018 7:22:09 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Tesla could go completely bankrupt and close its doors and it still wouldn’t change the fact that for the current development cost of $10 billion for the SLS rocket alone (not counting infrastructure or the Orion capsule, and that development cost is STILL climbing) you could have fully funded the development of the Falcon Heavy and had enough funds left over for 63 fully expendable flights of the rocket, capable of putting over 4 million kg into low earth orbit, or sending about 1 million kg to Mars. One Falcon Heavy launch, even if fully expended, is still significantly cheaper than one launch of the next most powerful rocket, the Delta IV Heavy. Just some food for thought.


70 posted on 04/23/2018 12:29:12 PM PDT by messierhunter
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