And Blue may well be thinking that when they'll be buying fuel in
half-million pound lots for each New Glenn flight, the buck a pound
difference between rocket-grade kerosene and vehicle-grade LNG will add
up to worthwhile savings.
Henry V
On 2/12/2018 3:22 PM, Rand Simberg wrote:
SpaceX is thinking that they can manufacture methane on Mars much easier than they can manufacture RP-1.
On 2018-02-12 14:19, Paul Mueller wrote:
But some rockets that first flew over 50 years ago are still flying
today. They are upgraded, but the propellants are the same.
Fundamental design decisions made today (such as propellant choice)
can have long lifetimes.
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 3:01 PM, <Nels.Anderson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Gesendet: Montag, 12. Februar 2018 um 22:26 Uhrit is very
Von: "William Claybaugh" <wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxx>
Careful. Cost will *eventually* be dominated by propellant, but
unlikely any rocket being built today will still be operationalwhen that
day arrives.
I inclined to agree. I'm just reporting what I think SpaceX is
thinking.