Space/Science » in reply to Your framework of assumptions is completely unrealistic

The whole thread (21 posts)

• If you had economy of scale, what would be cheapest conventional rocket to get a lot of a mass to orbit? - Sawyer - 10/31/2006 3:46:34 PM
  • Your framework of assumptions is completely unrealistic - E.P. - 10/31/2006 8:34:04 PM
    • Musk's "Falcon" launchers are turbopump fed. - TB - 11/1/2006 12:40:43 AM
      • Only first stage, and regenerative cooling is not used, simplifying pumps - E.P. - 11/1/2006 3:36:30 AM
        • Shuttle boosters - TB - 11/1/2006 6:24:13 PM
          • re: Shuttle boosters - E.P. - 11/1/2006 7:45:13 PM
            • Process vs. results - TB - 11/2/2006 7:15:38 AM
              • Process and result - E.P. - 11/3/2006 1:18:41 AM
    • I am an engineer just trying to understand design space tradeoffs - Sawyer - 11/1/2006 12:21:02 AM
      • Gratuitous insults between ID and EP have been deleted - Moderator Nick - 11/2/2006 7:25:46 AM
        • Excuse ME - ID - 11/2/2006 7:13:17 PM
          • A second gratuitous insult by EP has been deleted - Moderator Nick - 11/3/2006 8:15:08 AM
            • IMO, the thing to do is to move these things to flame (n/t) - E.P. - 11/3/2006 8:48:56 PM
              • re: If you didn't like what was said you could have replied at Flame. The whole load is on your shoulders Ed! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/3/2006 10:40:22 PM
                • IMO the thing to do with these is to move them to flame (n/t) - E.P. - 11/4/2006 12:48:17 AM
            • Apply that rule about irritability as a moderator - ID - 11/3/2006 6:15:25 PM
      • re: I am an engineer just trying to understand design space tradeoffs - gbaikie - 11/1/2006 11:46:05 PM
      • They've talked about the need to include social sdiences in engineering curriculum - E.P. - 11/1/2006 3:28:13 AM
    • Why the snark? If you don't want to play then don't play. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/31/2006 8:56:52 PM
  • re: If you had economy of scale, what would be cheapest conventional rocket to get a lot of a mass to orbit? - gbaikie - 10/31/2006 8:10:02 PM
  • SeaDragon is one end of the curve - TB - 10/31/2006 5:53:43 PM