Scott Manley
@DJSnM · 7 juil. 2021
Putting the C3 numbers into plain english:
Jeff Foust@jeff_foust· 7 juil. 2021Useful 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.
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 juillet 2021 · 0 vues
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