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[Banderdash]

What's the plan for dealing with th g forces?

 

[Dreamwriter]

one thing i don't get

where will be located the BFRports? i guess not near cities

imagine flying across the world in half an hour and then remain stuck in traffic for x hours

dope stuff nonetheless

The video showed the rocket launching from a water-platform that people boated to (remember they’ve done a lot of testing landing on floating platforms), so that helps for folks living near bodies of water. Of course, it’s gonna be loud as hell so that platform may be a ways off shore.

 

[AstroNut325]

Yes please. 26 hour flights (including layover) needs to be a thing of the past.

 

[gutshot]

one thing i don't get

where will be located the BFRports? i guess not near cities

imagine flying across the world in half an hour and then remain stuck in traffic for x hours

dope stuff nonetheless

You land somewhere remote and then take the Hyperloop into the city. 😁

 

[E-phonk]

You land somewhere remote and then take the Hyperloop into the city. 😁

That would be genius and they'd make money twice.

 

[Hrothgar]

Worth noting that SpaceX made its first succesful orbit just 9 years ago.

There is no way the ports will be that close to the cities they serve. These things will be Capital-Loud LOUD on takeoff.

Especially on water, as that will cary the sound over a very long distance

 

[johancruijff]

They actually answered that in the video they released
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-29/spacex-earth-to-earth-travel-promo/9002780

so from a near body of water

Spoiler

going for the cultural victory i see

 

[Metroxed]

We won't see viable commercial intra-Earth rocket-based transportation in our life time, if ever.

 

[johancruijff]

You land somewhere remote and then take the Hyperloop into the city. 😁

or you can rent a Tesla

 

[jellies_two]

What's the plan for dealing with th g forces?

The g-forces are a free "feature" of this mode of transport. I'm sure Elon will mock up a memory foam padded recliner on gimbals.

 

[gutshot]

We won't see viable commercial intra-Earth rocket-based transportation in our life time, if ever.

You seem remarkably confident about this.

 

[TyrantII]

Seems like overkill to be honest but that might be the old man in me.

Musk goes over it. It'll be the cheapest launch system to put stuff in LEO of anything we've done.

Literally the opposite of overkill.

 

[piratepwnsninja]

enabling the creation of "Moon Base Alpha."

FINALLY THE DREAM IS THE REALITY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6RbEOlqRo

 

[Buba Big Guns]

Man I just had a huge nerdgasm watching his presentation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdUX3ypDVwI

2022 timeline seems extremely quick but if there's one person that can do it, it's Elon.

Crazzzy shit, can't believe we may see this in our lives.

 

[archreaper93]

Battle Feild Removal?

Sorry too much time on comic vine.

On the OBD we always went with By Fucking Ringout.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

I'm just glad I'm young enough to actually see some of this shit start happening before I die lol

Same.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

What's the plan for dealing with th g forces?

Clench and breathe

 

[Trickster]

What's the plan for dealing with th g forces?

 

[RAWRferal]

This some crazy-ass Sci-fi level shit yo.

If he gets this anywhere near sub $/£10,000 I will save and do it one day.

 

[KHarvey16]

G forces aren’t actually too bad on modern rockets. I think the shuttle did about 3g’s and even the Saturn V kept it under 4 or 5 I think.

 

[Shadybiz]

Big Fun Rocket????

 

[Sectorseven]

What would happen to the existing airline business model if all the wealthy people started taking this instead?

 

[hipbabboom]

Don't some of the rockets the launch explode...

some planes crash

...also everyone dies eventually A rocket would be the biggest opportunity to go out with a bang.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

But on Earth, we should rather focus on removing the need to move around the globe at a huge energy cost.

Elon Musk awaits your revolutionary energy and transportation proposals. He might just have an interest in those industrial sectors.

 

[hipbabboom]

Big Fun Rocket????

You won't believe me when I tell you this but my uncle's cousin knows a guy at Nintendo space-x and he said the rocket was named after the engineer that came up with the initial designs. His name was Brian Frank Richards. He said the guy was a real asshole to.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Awesome presentation. Glad someone is doing this work.

 

[Afrikan]

This is the same type of rocket that goes to mars? That's something !!!

Imagine getting on the wrong flight.

 

[Xe4]

I'm glad Musk is there to push the envelope. That said 2022 for a Mars time frame is laughable, and I'm highly skeptical of the immediate commercial viability of sub Earth orbit launches. The shorter time will mean shit when compared to how expensive the launch will be. Even 10x cheaper than the current launches, it'll still be magnitudes more expensive than the most expensive commercial flights.

 

[legacyzero]

I want so much for shit like this to work and become the norm. And Space-X has been on he money

 

[Afrikan]

What would happen to the existing airline business model if all the wealthy people started taking this instead?

If that meant they would lower flight fares to attract the poorers like myself to travel more often, I'd be fine with that.

With incentives for Hotel/motel stays.

Let the Rich have the luxury of getting somewhere in 30mins... I'll deal with the 10+ hour flight if I could pay drastically less than current fares.

 

[SlimySnake]

lol no one is getting in a fucking rocket to go to hawai in under an hour. how delusional is this guy

 

[Sectorseven]

If that meant they would lower flight fares to attract the poorers like myself to travel more often, I'd be fine with that.

With incentives for Hotel/motel stays.

Let the Rich have the luxury of getting somewhere in 30mins... I'll deal with the 10+ hour flight if I could pay drastically less than current fares.

I don't know anything about airline margins, but I'm concerned it would leave lower income people in a awkward spot. Like, if I can fly coach to China for $1000, and first class is selling for $10000, is that flight still profitable if all those first class passengers are now taking a rocket? Even if the BFR offered coach tickets at say $3000, that's still triple the price and largely unaffordable.

 

[GeoGonzo]

Worth noting that SpaceX made its first succesful orbit just 9 years ago.

There is no way the ports will be that close to the cities they serve. These things will be Capital-Loud LOUD on takeoff.

I'm not a scientist (and you are probably right about the ports being way too close either way), but... wouldn't sound in Mars have trouble propagating due to the much, much lower atmospheric density?

 

[CyclopsRock]

I'm glad Musk is there to push the envelope. That said 2022 for a Mars time frame is laughable, and I'm highly skeptical of the immediate commercial viability of sub Earth orbit launches. The shorter time will mean shit when compared to how expensive the launch will be. Even 10x cheaper than the current launches, it'll still be magnitudes more expensive than the most expensive commercial flights.

I've seen some back-of-the-envelope maths that suggest the fuel costs would be something like $200k. Obviously this doesn't make any allowance for the cost of the rocket but, being 100% reusable, this cost would be amortised over, potentially, decades (again, like a plane).

 

[DOWN]

That timeline seems very unrealistic from the outside

 

[Fancyarcher]

Sounds like science-fiction to me, but it seems cool nonetheless. Space travel is the way of the future or so they say.

 

[Earthbound64]

Big Friendly Rocket?

That was my thought.

 

[Crispy75]

I'm not a scientist (and you are probably right about the ports being way too close either way), but... wouldn't sound in Mars have trouble propagating due to the much, much lower atmospheric density?

Oh yeah for sure it's no big deal on mars.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Isn't this literally travel by reusable ICBM?

 

[Insane Metal]

2022? Maybe for a test. Come on Elon.

Anyway, the future of space exploration sounds exciting.

 

[The Pope]

What happens to the bit that detaches?

 

[Duane Cunningham]

This some crazy-ass Sci-fi level shit yo.

If he gets this anywhere near sub $/£10,000 I will save and do it one day.

I mean... if it DOESN'T, I don't think it'll be very successful.

 

[Crispy75]

What happens to the bit that detaches?

Which bit? :-D

The first stage (big booster) flies back to the launch pad for refuelling.
The Spacecraft flies to its destination (or orbits and returns to its launch site) and lands on a dedicated pad/cradle before being lifted back on top of another booster with a crane.

 

[Lmo911]

Yippie ki yay Mr. Falcon!

 

[JaggedSac]

Comes from the same guy who named their cars

Model S
Model E [3 cause some asshole company already has E]
Model X

S, X, and E are not particularly unique in model designations.

 

[Fenderputty]

I just hope that one day earth orbit flights are reasonable.

 

[Diprosalic]

"The BFR (yes, it stands for what you think it stands for)

Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung?

 

[jonezer4]

Something about trusting your life to a transport device that contains the f-word seems terrifying to me.

 

[Monty Mole]

As someone who got off a 13 hour flight from LA to Spain 5 days ago, it does not feel like overkill to me at all.

Concorde was never replaced though, due to a shift to efficiency rather than speed in air travel.

And it's obviously Big Friendly Rocket.

 

[WaterAstro]

Yeah, Mars isn't happening.