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Originally Posted by glend
Did you actually watch what he said? Regarding resources and pollution, compare a maybe ten minute launch burn with a jumbo jet burning jet fuel for 15 hours to get to the same place. The BRF ship has stubby winglets and a full length heat shield, powered descent burn is only used for the last 30 secs to sliw and switch to vertical landing.
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Yes I did. But per person making the flight the use of resources is insane compared to a conventional jet.
All very well if you are as rich and environmentally irresponsible as Musk is. This is not something that is a sustainable way to travel for the masses. We'd poison the planet in a decade if all travelled that way.
Ditto his Teslas, frankly. Its a nice stunt to show it is possible to build an electric vehicle that has acceptable performance and range - sufficient get people out of petrol-powered cars - BUT - there is a catch - his batteries are hopelessly unfriendly environmentally and only a stop-gap till a solution is found that is tolerable in the long-term.
And Glen you should know full well why Union Carbide suddenly bailed out of Rhodes, and the mess that was left behind.