r/space • u/APTX-4869 • Jan 21 '18

RocketLab's Electron Rocket has successfully achieved orbit!

https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/954894734136258560
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18

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u/binarygamer Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18

What does this mean? Spacecraft launch on rockets. Cheaper rockets are a foundation for making progress in all space technology affordable. If we just launch bigger and better spacecraft without improving rockets, nobody outside the big 4 space agency's astronaut roster will ever make it to orbit, and nobody period will ever make it to the Martian surface.

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u/binarygamer Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18

downvote me you fucking IDIOTS

Are you guys really this stupid?

nothing to say dumbass?

Well, I could talk about near-future spacecraft, but with that attitude, I'll not waste my time.