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by dzhiurgis 42 days ago
> potential supply of rockets outstrips demand by a lot.

IDK I think plenty of people will want to go to space or even cut 24 hour flights across the world to 90 minutes.

As for experience - it's going to be pricy, but look how many multi-million dollar yachts are out there, parked, doing nothing. People do have money for such experiences.
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scared_together 42 days ago
I think for travel around Earth, supersonic passenger aircraft are more feasible than rockets. Even if we consider sonic booms, a lot of routes where rockets would be desirable are across uninhabited oceans.
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dzhiurgis 41 days ago
Somewhat agree. Boom has demonstrated something, but Starship looks more ready than them. Plus it's going to be vastly more faster and more impressive.

Sonic boom can't be the limiting factor forever.

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dingaling 41 days ago
> Boom has demonstrated something

They didn't even demonstrate performance on par with their 1950s era T-38 chase plane, and now they've retired their 'demonstrator' and pivoted into data centre power turbines.

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