6/3/2026 at 3:07:16 PM
In order for rocket launches to reach 1000+ per year in a decade, we need more innovations and business models in launch pads. 18 months to restore a launchpad is going to hamper progress significantly. We need to build as many launchpads as we can and allow private companies to rent them. Ofcourse each rocket design and their launchpads are intricately coupled by various factors, and this would make building generic launchpads a bit difficult. But the oppurtunity and necessity exists nonetheless. Blue Origin would agree until the next 18 months.by ramaseshanms
6/3/2026 at 4:07:05 PM
I'm a layperson when it comes to launchpads and aerospace but "we need to build as many launchpads as we can" seems quite spatially demanding? With all the public push-back around data centers and large fulfillment centers it seems an uphill climb. I am genuinely curious to the constraints here as, additionally, I read an article about the large environmental impact of SpaceX (?) debris falling onto public land in the outside vicinity of their launch area.From environmental, staffing and practical standpoints it may make sense to condense the launchpads in a single area. Just spitballing here and am curious to learn more.
by dieselgate