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by eaenki 1714 days ago
Rocket power transport it’s nonsense once you consider how much time the on boarding and outboarding is
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There are some technical details to work out, but 1 hour to anywhere in the world is feasible with a ballistic missile, and impossible to beat with a supersonic aircraft. Whether those details can be ironed out to provide it commerically remains to be seen, but ballistic missile technology was proven in the 1970s. The ridiculous part isn't because of how long it takes to get on and off a spaceship. Even if it took 3 hours to get on and three more to get off, 7 hours would still beat 17 hours in a plane going Sydney to London.
But would it be comfortable?

edit: I meant 7 hours of which experience exactly compared to 17 hours of whatever class at whatever price per flight?

Well you have to get into planes or rockets, so that time is likely not that different. If its not worth it for rockets, its not worth it for supersonic flights either.