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Ffritzypoo.bsky.social

While I agree that privatization is a mistake, and hate Elon as much as the next person, the Falcon 9 and heavy are pretty large leaps forward in spacelaunch technology. Landing and reusing first stages is something engineers have dreamed of since the 50s.

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JPsahelanth.bsky.social

So, there are ideas for non-rocket spacelaunch, such as “space elevators” or “Lofstrom loops”. These could conceivably be zero-emissions, use hydroelectric dams feedings big capacitor banks or something. They’re way harder to build than rockets are, though.

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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s). Launchtime was Tue, 26 Mar 2024 22:51:00 UTC 
 #space#launch#spacelaunch

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