Y
Hacker News
new
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
by
oseityphelysiol
1869 days ago
Are you referring to V2 as to the German WW2 rocket? What’s exciting about it nowadays?
3 comments
codeulike
1869 days ago
I think V2 referrs to what will come after starship - something much bigger
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1166856662336102401
link
meepmorp
1869 days ago
18m diameter is a big f'n rocket.
link
hackeraccount
1869 days ago
Gonna go out on a limb and guess the that O.P. was referring to a future Starship iteration. Alternately they could be a history buff.
link
freshair
1869 days ago
The 'V' in that V2 stood for 'Vergeltungswaffen' (something like 'retaliation weapon'.)
link
rsj_hn
1869 days ago
The germans can stretch their nouns all the way to orbit
link