[ExI] SpaceX Super Heavy and Space Solar

[Adrian Tymes]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 4:46 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024, Keith Henson wrote:
> >> I love the idea personally, but I assume, cost aside, that there's
> >> probably some hurdle, technical or political lurking inside there
> >> somewhere.
> >
> > It is the dollar scale of the project that is the big hurdle.
>
> Well, let's release Musk on it, and I'm sure it will be done in a couple
> of years! =)
>

Musk is free to pursue it already.

Notice that he isn't actively pursuing it.

If some power company were to approach SpaceX about setting up such a
thing, using the money involved to subsidize a high launch rate the way
Starlink has subsidized a high launch rate for the Falcons, then maybe.
But the scale of money would seem to exceed what even Musk is free to drop
on it.
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