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| Science & Technology |
| Elon Musk and the U.S. military plan to build a reusable 7,500mph cargo rocket |
| 2020-10-10 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] ...that can deliver 80 tonnes of cargo, including weapons, anywhere in the world in 60 minutes |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #14 Elon probably played Civilization III a lot: it was cool dropping tank divisions from orbit around the last enemy city. |
| Posted by: ptah 2020-10-10 20:31 |
| #13 10,000s of Brilliant Pebbles that are cellphone sized could be launched in one StarShip too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_Pebbles |
| Posted by: 3dc 2020-10-10 17:23 |
| #12 Flea + Quickdraw Mech. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-10 15:32 |
| #11 I wonder if these can be adapted to launching 80 tons of armed drones, Controlled by encrytped network? Or just a bunch of dumb drones that can drop FASCAM minefields. No need to send in our troops. |
| Posted by: Theager Borgia1057 2020-10-10 14:39 |
| #10 Watch it here: Nerdle Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5l9ZxsG9M Live Lab Cam(2) Link: https://youtu.be/G_u7HPZX_8A Live Sapphire Cam(3) Link: https://youtu.be/qNyEwBW0ZJA Live Predator Cam(4) Link: https://youtu.be/Ss_XUaLEp1Y Live Sentinel cam(5) Link: https://youtu.be/n5ozYnVQahE Onsite Weather - http://weather.labpadre.com Boca Chica Operations - http://www.cameroncounty.us/space-x/ FAA Notices To Airmen - https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr2/list.html The telephoto camera is mounted at 350 ft in altitude and 5.87 miles from the Space X facility at Sapphire Condominiums. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2020-10-10 14:36 |
| #9 StarShip would be great for lofting orbiting Rods from God Clusters and the same for some other "solutions" |
| Posted by: 3dc 2020-10-10 14:32 |
| #8 M. Murcek, what makes you think troops need be involved? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-10 09:14 |
| #7 UberArms We have an early snark-of-the-day contender. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2020-10-10 09:01 |
| #6 M. Murcek, what makes you think troops need be involved? |
| Posted by: Punky Clunk8901 2020-10-10 09:01 |
| #5 UberArms Snark O'The Day |
| Posted by: Bunyip 2020-10-10 08:53 |
| #4 I've got a better idea. Let's get out of the business of sending troops and tons of expensive equipment to every sh*thole on the rest of the planet... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-10 08:34 |
| #3 Elon Musk is not a big-time crony capitalist for nothing. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-10-10 07:09 |
| #2 Elon Musk knows where the real dough is to be found. It's not on the moon, it's in the MIC. We might want to keep a close eye on this young fellow. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-10-10 04:42 |
| #1 Solves the "you can't use our airspace" transit problem. 80 tons of weapons and ammo and supplies. How many of these can they launch at the same time? Hey wait a sec... An Abrams tank weight 60 tons... Hmm. |
| Posted by: Neville Glolutch8436 2020-10-10 02:48 |