Next Big Future: Spacex will make Methane rocket for Mars: Flightglobal - SpaceX intends to build a methane/liquid oxygen (Lox) engine, said founder Elon Musk, in a shift away from the highly refined...
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There are some interesting comments in that section. Musk has his critics and he has his supporters.
As for me, I think that his ideas could use some refinement. A reusable rocket could be possible, but not the way he's going. Very presumptuous of me to say, but there it is.
One expert from the Space Show said that you needed to add 40% to the mass of the rocket in order to make it reusable. That's a show stopper. Mass is the big enemy here. You have to reduce mass.
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