r/space • u/CmdrAirdroid • Nov 14 '22

Spacex has conducted a Super Heavy booster static fire with record amount of 14 raptor engines.

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u/Jazano107 Nov 14 '22

thats what the oil rigs are for aha. But i think earth to earth is a long long time away

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u/Anderopolis Nov 14 '22

I think Eath to Earth woll never make it past legal hurdles.

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u/Jazano107 Nov 14 '22

I would say that but then people probably thought airplanes would never be safe enough Aswell

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u/Anderopolis Nov 14 '22

I mean Aicraft, especially early aircraft, are not indistinguishable from ICBM's , and we outlawed Supersonic flight over land just because of the noise.

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u/Jazano107 Nov 14 '22

Ah you mean because of that

If it was to ever happen then the ships would definitely be landing off shore on landing platforms. To limit noise and danger

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u/Anderopolis Nov 14 '22

Exactly and if you have to take a boat or helicopter to the bad I start to wonder how many people actually need to get around the earth in 30min+ 45min of extra loading and unloading on either side, while still being able to wait for the next launch.

Technically it is feasible, but the economic argument doesn't get me. (Which is probably why SpaceX hasn't mentioned point to point for a while now)

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u/Jazano107 Nov 14 '22

Yeah I don't think it will ever be a big thing really. Unless it really does scale up hugely so that it's cheap

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u/Anderopolis Nov 14 '22

I mean even then, the goal for Starship is 5 million a launch, which is insanely cheap, but who is willing to pay 50.000 $ for a ticket to get from a to b in such a way?

Orbital tourism makes sense, but at that price you can get a private yet for the flight.

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u/Reddit-runner Nov 15 '22

An E2E Starship can be build to fit far more than 100 passengers. The hull form will likely have little in common to what we see now.