I think an episode on each of the other space station plans would be nice, if you can dig up enough on each one for an episode each. If there isn’t enough, than group 2 or 3 together in a slightly longer episode would also be nice. You all present the best videos on summing up space news in a very engaging way.

@Goulmy86

10 ай бұрын

💯 agreed

@SeaTacDelta

10 ай бұрын

There is a ton of content on proposed stations around the solar system. It'd be cool to get "The Space Race"'s take on these. And go beyond just NASA stations, talk about China, ESA, and private ones too.

@CajunTorsk

10 ай бұрын

These are all good comments. You should do it Space Race guy.

@jamescanady5294

10 ай бұрын

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@jamescanady5294

10 ай бұрын

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Yes, would love seeing more space station ideas! We aren't really going to Mars until we have a space station up and running. We need one on the Moon, we need one on Mars and yes, we need one here on Earth - 3 space stations, please!

@michaeldickins9238

10 ай бұрын

We need mass spaceststiinsin orbit + build the other ideas otherwise + attach the ISS for tourism museum of historical stations on bugger station in stable orbit and use starship to transport tourists weekly

@markschroter2640

10 ай бұрын

Agreed 3 or 4 of them Moon, Mars and Earth (X2) with docking ports and they can all be serviced by something running to each of the bodies in a permanent loop (or figure 8 in the case of the moon) running a nuclear powered ion drive. It's just math and fuel once starship gets running daily missions. Economies of scale will prove to be the real win for spacex.

@nunyabiznez6381

10 ай бұрын

The idea of the space station as we know it originated with Arthur Clarke's 2001 Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick directed, Arthur Clarke wrote the book) The basic design was Clarke's. Yes it is big and ambitious and would be a multi billion dollar project. Until recently this has seemed out of reach but if Starship really delivers as promised it could be designed, built and completed in five years start to finish and the start could be around 2030 or sooner. such a place would have artificial gravity by way of angular momentum (centrifugal force). It would be wheel shape with most activities being in the multi level rim of the wheel. Then one would climb up to the hub via "spokes" where eventually the gravity will disappear completely in the hub which would be a perfect place for tourists to visit to experience micro gravity then go back down the spokes to the living quarters where they would check into their rooms and look out windows to see the Earth on one side and the rest of space on the other. The living quarters would have say about half of Earth's gravity at the bottom floor and perhaps a third of Earth's gravity at the top floor with perhaps 3-10 levels. such a station might start out with a hundred guest quarters and a lot of the features one might find on a cargo ship sans the cargo. Multiple docking stations would allow for constant stream of visitors. According to Elon Musk he expects that price of space travel to be reduced to a few tens of thousands of dollars for a trip to a space station or perhaps a few hundreds of thousands for a trip to the moon. Still out of reach for most people but millions of people world wide could afford such a visit and, someone would have to work there to perform tasks that can't be done by robots so I predict children currently attending elementary school could one day apply for a job at the space station like one might on a cruise ship or hotel and get to be paid astronauts so... One need not be a military pilot or engineer or billionaire to afford a trip into space. I know, lots of optimism. I grew up when we were still talking about one day walking on the moon for the first time, and when Star Trek was a completely new thing. So yes, lots of optimism but it is doable if Musk delivers on his promises. Because you know if we leave it up to governments we'd be talking about centuries instead of a decade or two.

@markschroter2640

10 ай бұрын

@@nunyabiznez6381 At it's core a space station is simply a ship (perhaps a submarine is a better metaphor), nothing new or novel there.

@michaeldickins9238

10 ай бұрын

@@nunyabiznez6381 unless we also make our owm companies and give our own ideas to society, like ex, solar roadways, fusion hybird vehickes, atom formers, etc

After more than a half of a century of "sensational" news, it is such a breath of fresh air to see actual "inspirational" news coming out... Thank you, and may God bless you for your work!

@robertgeri9013

2 ай бұрын

I totally agree, like this guy, no bullshit!

Something often overlooked, is that the starship(if tweaked properly), can be the only space station that can be landed back after it's service, unlike the others that have to be de-orbited and burn. However, maybe if we make the space station in parts and launch them with starship as you said, we can undock them, put them back in a starship to get them back to the ground, both in 'end of mission', or just for replacements

Sounds like the real solution is to have a disposable second stage for insertion to orbit for a large and modular space station. Or just use a cargo version of starship to launch slightly smaller modules and keep it a reusable launch system

Really great overview. I like how you presented several options. Would love to see more space station content. Maybe even a “What worked and what didn’t” for SkyLab, Mir, and the ISS and how new ideas will use the positives of old and work around the negatives. Keep up the great content!

A cargo Starship can carry a lot of material into orbit to "Build" a space station. Possibly use some Starships like a motorhome for the crew of Astronaunts that are constructing it. When finished it can be refueled and brought back to earth or sent to the Moon or even to the asteroid belt to do something there. Or even a Space Motel!

@markschroter2640

10 ай бұрын

I would bet money that a bunch of decommissioned/expended starships will be just that 50 years from now. I suppose that there won't be many expended ones though as you can theoretically just fuel them up in space. At what point does a spacecraft in space become salvage I wonder?

Yes please. More space station stories. All the good options.

I like the idea of using Starship as a temporary space station, capable of re-entering after its job is done. I'm thinking of the SpaceLab that used to occupy the cargo bay of the Shuttle, here. It can loiter on orbit, doing what it needs to do, then return dirtside afterwards, carrying all the products of its sojourn in LEO.

@gregkocher5352

2 ай бұрын

I'm a bit leary of the reentry part. Imagine it being inhabited many years, with loads of loose items that needed to be stowed for reentry. It may be better to keep it maneuverable and forget return home trips. But as you said it could be great way to complete a task and bring it home. I've dreamed of a system intended for being stationed in orbit and available to service satellites from leo to lagrange sites.

Yes I would like to see many more videos describing all versions of the Star Ship (Tanker, Space Telescope, etc...) Further, having a video on each of the different space stations would be great also.

Love your content and videos ! Seeing more info on future Space Stations , their architecture / platforms would be amazing !

Lots of options, Elon has already mooted extending startship by 30% to provide more space as well as extending the booster so that it can contain a longer burn and reach LEO itself so it can carry an extended Starship that has smaller tanks and increase the internal space for exactly these ideas of a Starship built space station. Reletively easy to add a few of those stainless steel body rings to both ships to customise the ships for the required task.

@markschroter2640

10 ай бұрын

Interesting, If you put the booster into orbit then you have the gas station ready in one shot.

@empbob99

9 ай бұрын

The biggest problem with extending the size is fuel consumption for the extra mass, it's a sliding scale, the heavier the rocket, the more fuel you need, but the more fuel you add, the heavier the rocket is and so the more fuel you need...

Great as usual! Yes content about space stations would be nice 😊

StarShip could also have a new, extended, optimized SpaceStation version. Or, SpaceX can come up with a completely new SpaceStation concept. I also think that, They can use several Dragon modules, or, design their own DreamChaser-like version for emergency escape vehicles. When knowledge, money, and human resources are available, there is literally no limit.

@i-love-space390

8 ай бұрын

I have to hand it to SpaceX. The Starship design is the optimal size for do many missions- Cargo to orbit, Tanker, SpaceX Station module, Orbital Refueling Station, Intercontinental Ballistic Transporter, Lunar Lander/ Cargo Ship, Lunar Base habitation module, and finally Interplanetary Transport Vehicle.

The fact that the fuel tanks are still on there is a feature not a bug. That isn't wasted space! It just means your space station doubles as a fuel depot for other starships. For spin gravity, you don't need them horizontal, you could easily dock them all nose first to a central hub, itself delivered to orbit by a cargo configured starship. There'd just be a lot of ladder climbing or elevator rides to get from one "module" to the next, via the central hub.

I love watching your channel and thank you for all of your efforts.

A deep dive into each of the other six ideas would be awesome to see, for sure, for sure.

I think the best way for starship to be used as a station would be as attachments to hub modules - Starship offers both lifeboat capacity and sufficient volume to be a decent sized space station on it's own, so a docked starship on any station would be able to function as a large module for that station. Assuming you used an inflatable hub type module, you could stack 8 or more starships onto a single launched hub, though you'd want to reinforce it, sync stationkeeping, and other challenges, but even rigid attachments means you're getting at least 6 starships hooked up to a single launched hub, which already gets you more than the ISS.

More space station content is a certified. Yes, I would love to see more

Your starship comments on being a space station make good sense. It could however make a great rescue ship for the eventual private and other space stations, what else could evacuate a whole station?

Horizontal (Circular) decks would probably be the best idea. If the decks are linked by bulkheads they can be sealed in the event of an emergency and each deck can be isolated. It also retains its structural strength. Linking them nose first is also practical as the engines will be facing out and can be fired for manoeuvring without cooking the next ship. Starship could be used to launch some absolutely massive expanding station parts.

you could put a space station module atop the fuel area of the starship and detatch it in space like a third stage, any docking and utility areas could be behind shielding or in the area that would be hidden by starship during launch @The Space Race

Retractable shields would protect the viewing Windows from the friction.

I like the idea of connecting multiple starships, like 12, by their noses with a central hub that would spin them all together to create artificial gravity in a way that people could walk inside using the current configuration.

I like the idea of an open concept area in the space ship

hey i would love to see more space station content videos renderings and concepts of moon bases, death star type stations or large space stations or planets like in star wars ( think Kuat drive yards in star wars) i would also like to see commercial space station/vehicles for luxury recreational travel similar to cruisebliners and what they have on them. What might that look like, activities, what franchises and companies might we see on these commercial space liners? etc could there be a permanent orbiting moonbase and an onshore moonbase? what affects would that have etc

All of you are forgetting Starship is only the vehicle platform designed to get different models/configurations to space. There will be Tanker ships which carry extra fuel. There can also be empty hollowed out spacestation with a starship that is also to detach it's cone and tank/engine section and either discard those since they'll be fairly cheap by then or recover with a second starship. The possibilities are endless interms of what is possible. If the ship doesn't need to return to earth then you don't need heatshielding saving a lot of weight.

Yes, please. I would love to see what you can make of new space station designs.

Yip. Nice to see someone finally realising this. Starship is in fact the solution to just about everything! Hotels, factories, telescopes 🙂

If you want to think about horizontal vs. vertical decks, just fly in a 747. In the upper deck the ceiling is curved. That changes how things internally will be arranged. In the lower deck, you have overhead baggage compartments while in the upper deck, they are towards the side. In a zero-gee environment however anything is possible as there is no up.

Hell yes we would like to see more space station content. Pour it on!!

Excellent stuff bro

I’m specifically interested in a follow up video digging into some of those inflatable habitats/modules and what Starship could potentially deploy. Could Starship haul up an entire space station in one trip? Say multiple Sierra Space LIFE habitats or Bigelow’s proposed 2100 stations…

@dixonhill1108

8 ай бұрын

Bigelow went out of business in part because there's no longer a need for a light weight inflatable space station. Weight constraints are no longer a primary concern, neither is reliability as you can now launch 10-15 versions of the same equipment(on a much larger space station). The next major success in space will be a space station made by regular mechanical engineering firms., not aerospace, just the kind of mom and pops types, who make regular pressure vessels and boilers in apartment buildings, hospitals etc. Wouldn't be shocked if commercialization of space gets really really out of control, with every other company on the planet using orbital real estate as a means of promoting their business.

@goodmew1763

8 ай бұрын

@@dixonhill1108 I believe that commercialization of space will continue growing exponentially. But as I am a researcher at NASA, I know for a fact that you're completely incorrect about the demand for innovative lightweight materials and structures for use in space, and are also not correct about reliability. Commercialization growing does not change this, new technologies do not change this, and neither does manufacturing off-Earth. Yes, there will be massive opportunity growth for Mom-and-Pop type businesses AND for use of heavy materials and structures in space. But no, lightweight and extremely reliable spacecraft will be very important until long after we are a multi-stellar species. So I'm still interested in my requested video! :D

@dixonhill1108

8 ай бұрын

"But no, lightweight and extremely reliable spacecraft will be very important until long after we are a multi-stellar species. "@@goodmew1763 What are you getting on with? Is your car extremely light weight? Weight constraints are based on the cost per kilogram. You're not gonna spend 2 billion on a space station, to save 100 million in launch costs if the heavier version is 10 percent the price. And that is where we're headed. You're not getting how manufacturing works. The costs are extreme because of weight constraints and a lack of backup systems. The amount NASA spends on basic items is extreme.

@dixonhill1108

8 ай бұрын

You're moving the goal posts I'm talking about specifically LEO space stations/bigelow. And you working at NASA doesn't impress me. It's an organization that is profoundly inefficient. @@goodmew1763 ". "and are also not correct about reliability " When it comes to space stations it's absolutely a thing. The specs on anything NASA does are extreme, and obviously were because of weight and limited scale. When you can have a 100 of one thing, versus 1 of 1 thing the costs are far lower. The ISS costs about 3 billion a ton, in near future launch costs it's about 1 million a ton to launch these systems. You have %300,000 differential. Obviously newer tech is cheaper, but it is only the tip of the iceberg. LEO stations are gonna get far far cheaper and very quickly.

Amazing! More space station content please. :D

Yes, please have more discussion concerning space stations.

Yes space stations is a must topic

Cover starship giant windows. Launch. Remove covers. Great view. 😀

They made Skylab out of an old fuel tank so it's already been done. Not too hard to include an access hatch either. Explosives could also cut the hatch instantly if you want to save weight.

Yes. We want to watch more space stations

Great as usual! What do you think about putting parts up in different sections, just like mentioned? with dimensions as large as can be accommodated, you can also lift up two to four parts of a space station's walls and then build on it. If the Starchip will be cheap enough to take things up in space, at least I think, that it is probably the simplest and cheapest solution for a future space station. Then you could get the large, spacious and elegant interiors that are often seen in movies, games and renderings (as at 3.52 in this video).

Interesting. Thanks for good stuff.

Would love to hear more about other space station ideas

the vast open space in a starship could be used as an assemble shop. where parts can be assembled after launch and then it could be opened up to release each part.

I would love to see more on other space station concepts.. Great as usual! Yes content about space stations would be nice .

@berretta9mm17

10 ай бұрын

Go back to the 1950s, and the 1960s, and you will see hundreds of brilliant ideas, even using the LaGrange points as "parking spots" - while they built entire cities and towns, with clouds, a blue sky - everything. We somehow shrunk down into midgets and forgot Humanity was at its strongest when it was pulling together toward some great goals, to serve our future. When J.F.K. was murdered, we just fell apart - and maybe it's taken this long to get past it.

My take on a Starship derived space station will be the following ; One hexagonal prism docking station with a power module. Dock five Lunar class Starships and give it a gentle spin to create artificial gravity.

Multiple horizontal decks makes sense. That said the notion of vertical and horizontal gets a bit confusing depending on the intended orientation of the spacecraft, once in space.

I like the nice reasonable content, please keep it up.

Horizontal orientation would make the most sense for sure

I have live aboard an FBM Submarine and the idea or horizontal decks running bow to stern is logical and efficient. Remember, in a zero gravity environment, it really doesn't matter which direction is "up".

I think the fuel storage would be good to keep. If you put several of them in a connected configuration , it would allow for a fueling depot. Meaning you could send extra fuel to the station. Then, when prepping for a larger mission the ship would only need to carry enough fuel to break orbit. Then refuel and continue its trip.

An open concept area for Starshio would be epic!

You’re forgetting that 2 Starships could take several inflatable models, connectors, docking bays, & solar panels to orbit & assemble the whole 250 tons in orbit like a super ISS (2000 m3 with 1 MW of power for 24 astronauts… Or send more & assemble a 500 meter diameter rotating space station as “housing” for 120 or more workers & technicians in space…

I would love to see more on other space station concepts.

At 2:21, in the coping comparison, it should be remembered that the Starship's cargo space is not a coping. In the real copings, of F9 and FH, there is a cone-shaped volume at the base of the coping (on which the reference man is standing), which is reserved for the grip mechanism to the 2nd booster stage. On the other hand, in the loading space of the Starship there will be no conical volume wasted as shown in the figure.

More space station content please.

This has become one of my favorite space channels

👍🏻🙏🏻❤️ I def want to see more info on new Space Stations! 😊

Love your channel

Ok. I think the two limitations mentioned: (a) Wasted Fuel tank space and (b) No attachments - have one solution. (a) Starship's passenger half > separates (b) Have needed "attachments" at the rear, hidden until after separation. | Boom Two - attachment gizmos solved! Yeah the rocket/fuel tanks get burned up on reentry. But each Starships can have different types of attachments.

@jasonsadventure

10 ай бұрын

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As an X Navy Submariner.... We also had water tight " Compartment " bulkheads...

If you know you're going to convert a starship into a station, you can scar it in advance for easy conversion- build large hatches into the methane tank to allow access later, seal them with suitable gaskets for launch, then vent and modify the tanks after reaching orbit. The large hatches may need to be cut up for removal and recycling, but that can be done with a glorified can opener. Hardpoints can be installed on the ground for plumbing and electrical systems to be assembled in orbit. It can all be a lot like fitting out a Butler building- getting it weather tight is the major hurdle, the rest is just bolting in the assemblies.

Make a completely empty tank variant with a separate, reusable propulsion module on the bottom, and externally mounted fuel tanks. 100% useful internal volume, reusable engines and fuel tanks for the next unit to be launched.

Thank you very much. And there is one thing that has been left out, Participation by E t's from other planets

I'm thinking the Starship as a temporary space station. You launch it, do your science, and return. Or send up a lighter uncrewed Starship. Then send up a crewed one and dock in orbit. Then just have to return with the crewed module. The uncrewed one could later have an arm or extra solar.... whatever attached.

This is a great episode

Having lived on a submarine for 4 years my vote would be 3 axial decks running the length of the starship

Yes for sure more space station information!

This is one area where the growth of high technology in recent years has really benefitted us. I'm sure nowadays we could build a space station that needed nowhere near as much maintenance as the ISS, that had modern technology and conveniences (for their work), modern computers, and would allow the astronauts to work far more efficiently. So much time on the ISS is dedicated to just maintenance. That's of course gonna be the case in space but we could make this a lot better with a brand new more rugged space station.

With the size, each launch could maintain its crew for the duration. With different layouts depending on the mission. Then return.

Please do keep us up to date on space station news!

Brilliant if it can all work. Might take decades . Good luck 👍

The great thing about using the Star Ship framework as the starting point for a station is that they don't have to "cut out" anything. The current build is based on possible moon landing. One travelling to Mars would look different. One purposed for creating a space station would have more room for people and less room for fuel. It wouldn't need as much fuel. Its just parking in orbit and adjusting as needed. You talk in this video like there can only be one design.

Starship could take up a module, deploy it and then hook the ship up to it doubling their space.

I think we should try to make a rotating station now, for artificial gravity... you link two or three starship with a long metal bar

For Space station use super heavy booster to loft modules on top of a second stage booster.

Going into the future is not cheap,....but its the way to go forward and check out whats out there

If there is no intention of returning the top "Starship" section back to earth ; then the "nose" section doesn't need to be as "pointy". Also no need for heat tiles, winglets, and a lot of other stuff too. They could all be built with internal angled ends with disposable fairings and be connected directly in a ring.

They could attach docking nodes to the top side of the Starship. Voila! That way they could dock more modules to it. Bam Flam, Flibbity Blam. Simple solutions to everyday problems, brought to you by me...

Axiom is basically the ISS team as a commercial spinoff that is built on top of the ISS and will take the lab equipment that exists now. So they’re basically a decade ahead of any other space station 😊

I would like to see one make orbit first, but once that happens everything could change. Great video.

Using the Starship as a heavy lift vehicle may be the most practical, though a combination of heavy lift plus Starship as a space station might be optimal. One SS as part of a space station could provide a large lab space plus the ability to use the engines for orbital correction. On a side note, it has been discussed about crew evacuation on SS in the event of a lift off problem. Well, since the SS has to go into orbit before going off to some other manned mission, launch the beast without crew and use Crew Dragon to bring up the crew to populate it after launch.

You could launch short term experimental missions in special equipped Starships, temporary space stations that return all equipment to earth after mission.

I think in the debate for horizontal versus vertical bays, I think a mixture of both would be optimal.

I could imagine using two of them that would join together so there would be a cone at either end. Each cone would have a docking port and there would be solar panels extending outwards on either side of the body. You would have a station with twice the living space of the ISS that could be accomplished in two or three launches. And since the ship is 30 feet across, to maximize the space and not have astronauts getting stuck floating in a large open area, I could see an interior cylinder going through the length of the station that is 15 feet across. This way, you would have two, long double-sided workspaces that are approximately 15 feet across.

7:40 Nice rocket burn on Apple! lol

Interesting how we all looked down on the shuttlecraft acting as a space station for various experiments but now we're commending the SpaceX starship for the same role.

Definitely want more space station content!!!

If it's true then it's a great idea. Send starships in to space to make a space station out of a starship. They can hollow out the engine parts in space to make it into a full station for use. Like said ,a wheel station could be achieved easier with plenty of room for 100+ astronauts to work in. Researchers can benefit on this concept ,giving them more room to work on projects and maybe used for space tourism when the time arrives.

@ClifftopTragedy

10 ай бұрын

Or have the payload area detachable from the propulsion system which could go back to earth and grab a new top.

You could just build a starship lifter. Basically starship bottom stage, cut the top off the second stage, put in a fairing and give it a more tradtional heatshield and landing style.

i would like to see the other ideas for space stations that are floating around right now.

Launch 2 Starships. put a decoupler in the Starship section between the livable space and the tanks/engine area. decouple once in orbit put 2 nose cone sections end to end. There is your space station. Better yet, but a section in where you can put 6 of them together.

7:34 Why on earth do they require lots of external ports externally ? beyond the standard door sealed service ports, that can be remotely mechanically opened, with manual override and opened also via space walk if required. Not getting it. You don't need the Starship to be the central hub. Instead the Starship is just a Starship with space station layout that can dock to a large central space hub that can dock multiple Starships. So if you want to expand your space station setup, you simply dock another Starship to the central hub. Each central docking hub could dock say four Starships. That would be one massive space station and the docking hub could provide them with 24/7 Solar Power etc... The docking hubs could actually be deployed by the cargo Starships.

Yes! More space station stuff!! More!!

I think a lot of people don't realize, the size of the tubes for space station is not THAT much of a problem. While it is a bit annoying and restrictive, the limiting factor for space station segments is cost of actually delivering the pieces. Because the cost of delivering a piece is 1.5 billion dollars, you might as well put few hundred million dollars into making sure your ISS module is as high tech and expensively made as possible. If we built a space station today using Falcon 5 heavy, it would cost 150 million per launch, so we would be able to make way more pieces that are also much cheaper. Even if the systems would be less efficient, we could just send 10 times as more of them for the same price. The case with Starship goes way way further. If it costs 15 million dollars to send cargo that is 10 times heavier we are getting to levels where we can send a piece that is 10 times heavier than what space shuttle delivered for 100 times less expensive (or 1500 if we believe SpaceX cost estimates). At this point using 120 million dollar Starship actually get's expensive and its much cheaper to just deliver mass produced short tubes that just have different furniture depending on who designed the segment.

I always wondered if you could use the tanks of the ship as usable habitat space. Of course it would require some modification once in orbit. Cutting the domes, removing the engines (you could bring them back with another ship). The usable volume could be huge.

Linear shaped charge would make it easy to separate the "rocket" part from the living space part. A module that can provide connections can be fit into a cargo Starship. It'd be much thinner than the inner diameter of the Starship, but would provide that functionality. A few of those could connect together, acting as a central "hub". Starship living sections could be connected to that via scaffolding, maybe inflatable tubes that would connect to the central hub?

More space station Info would be great Hope we can build s great station

I could see strapping 2 starships setup as space stations with docking faring between them (think double ended starship stick, saves having to flip to decel), the hallway between them having several inflatables and docking points for landing shuttles on the outer edge. One side of the stick, the backend, would have mounts for 2 additional starships designed for landing/staying. This way we can send one, space station as a carrier, to mars or further with plug and play add ons. Need more cargo, increase the stick length and add in the connections. Not perfect but do-able.

easy way for a starship space station, cut mass by dropping the landing engines, user smaller tanks as you're doing a single use launch, and then refuel it in orbit and use the tank and engines to allow it to reorient or even use the tanks to allow it to refuel other ships

Like the interior layout. Starship is initiative and adaptable. Once Spacex works out all the bugs. They can work on making changes to their ship as needed. For example, they could make the steel wall that separates the fuel tank from the rest of the ship so that you can remove it and even use it for the next step of making that Starship into a space station. Attachments: The ISS was, is and will always be a Work in progress. Likewise, if Spacex decides to go with this concept. They will design the craft as needed. It won't be too hard making attachable hardpoints to the craft that have covers that can be removed once the craft gets to space. On the other hand. Carrying modules into space is also not a bad idea. It has a lot of space. Also it could use those experimental inflatables as well which would maximize the volume it could carry into space. You could even drop off parts of the fuselage or ring once it gets up to space.

@thedevereauxbunch

9 ай бұрын

I think you hit on every idea which went through my mind as I watched the video