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To: BenLurkin

Meanwhile Elon is literally building 1940s sci-fi rockets in Boca Chica that will soon orbit space and be able to lift the mass of an 1860 steam train into space.


9 posted on 08/10/2021 4:24:06 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: Bayard

I get your meaning, but they didn’t have full-flow staged-combustion methane/LOX engines in the 40s. At least, America didn’t.


36 posted on 08/11/2021 12:12:53 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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