Comment by dgellow 1 hour ago Could someone give me a eli5 of what makes that launch impressive compared to other rocket launches? 5 comments dgellow Reply dghlsakjg 32 minutes ago It’s the largest, heaviest rocket ever, with double the thrust of the last record holder, and it is the first one that is supposed to be reusable.It’s a lot of records that just got broken. dgellow 24 minutes ago Thanks for actually answering mchusma 24 minutes ago I think for a sense of scale if this works as the SpaceX team wants, they will be able to launch more mass to orbit in a single day than all payloads ever before 2022 (rough math). And at a cost roughly 1/100th the prior average. mvlipwig 43 minutes ago 36 full flow staged combustion engines all working is no easy feat Retric 1 hour ago It’s big.
dghlsakjg 32 minutes ago It’s the largest, heaviest rocket ever, with double the thrust of the last record holder, and it is the first one that is supposed to be reusable.It’s a lot of records that just got broken. dgellow 24 minutes ago Thanks for actually answering
mchusma 24 minutes ago I think for a sense of scale if this works as the SpaceX team wants, they will be able to launch more mass to orbit in a single day than all payloads ever before 2022 (rough math). And at a cost roughly 1/100th the prior average.
It’s the largest, heaviest rocket ever, with double the thrust of the last record holder, and it is the first one that is supposed to be reusable.
It’s a lot of records that just got broken.
Thanks for actually answering
I think for a sense of scale if this works as the SpaceX team wants, they will be able to launch more mass to orbit in a single day than all payloads ever before 2022 (rough math). And at a cost roughly 1/100th the prior average.
36 full flow staged combustion engines all working is no easy feat
It’s big.