• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Like deliver 100 tonnes to the moons surface in a single ship?

    What do you think they’re failing at so badly compared to 60 years ago.

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      3 hours ago

      Like deliver 100 tonnes to the moons surface in a single ship?

      When does it arrive? Something as spectacular as that they’re probably launching twice a week.

      Not as good as my rocket though, it’s powered by Ai and does three laps around the moon powered by bandwidth lazers.

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      7 hours ago

      I’m tired and don’t have the name of the specific parts in my head right now and don’t feel like looking them up. Shit we used to be able to make that is essential to manned spaceflight, that since we decided to get rid of the space shuttle now no longer gets made by anyone. no company nor person has the expertise to simply follow the patents. That’s what trade secrets are for. In short, the supply chain broke and it has not been fixed.

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        7 hours ago

        Well, if my google search is right, they’ve already done 15 crewed flights (there/back so 30) with the longest duration in the capsule being over 3 days, and there are people on the ISS, so whatever it is, isn’t needed for any of that manned spaceflight which makes me think its just something that allows for an extended trip, and having a bigger ship, opens the possibilities of other solutions.

        For example, they can just take a less complicated but larger CO2 scrubber and/or more oxygen instead of having to use a super complicated one with a material we maybe can’t re-create due to space/weight constraints. They’ll have 100 tonnes to work with. 1 tonne of oxygen would last a small crew for years.

        I’m tired as well, I’m going to head off to bed.