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Scott Manley
Scott Manley
@DJSnM · 7. Juli 2021
Putting the C3 numbers into plain english:
Scott Manley
Jeff FoustJeff Foust@jeff_foust· 7. Juli 2021
Useful chart from NASA’s Launch Services Program presented at today’s planetary sciences decadal survey steering committee meeting, comparing performance of launch vehicles at several C3 (characteristic energy) values.
Jeff Foust
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
We could stretch the Falcon Heavy upper stage & increase this a lot, but FH already covers all known payloads. Starship, especially with orbital refilling & dedicated deep space variants (no heatshield, flaps or header tanks) will take this up orders of magnitude.
18:40 · 7. Juli 2021 · 0 Aufrufe
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