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To: NorthMountain

I think every SpaceX launch is broadcast is some manner or another, you have to know every US adversary is watching trying to figure out exactly how SpaceX does it.

What’s amazing now, is the idea of launching, landing and reusing an orbital booster was a crazy idea at one time, now it seems routine and yet, no one has been able to duplicate it.


14 posted on 06/15/2023 2:30:21 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: srmanuel
trying to figure out exactly how SpaceX does it.

They'll need access to the sensor network, the computers, the software, and the Merlin engines ...

They won't get there overnight. SpaceX didn't ...

They'll also need a ton of money and an army of really clever engineers.

Still, one of the biggest hurdles in a challenging engineering project is simply knowing that it can be done.

15 posted on 06/15/2023 2:34:27 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: srmanuel

Oh ... another interesting aspect of this:

SpaceX crashed a bunch of Falcon-9 boosters before finally getting it right. All of those were successful missions in the sense that the paying customer’s payload got placed in the correct orbit.


16 posted on 06/15/2023 2:36:51 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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