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CypripediumCalceolus t1_je6nenx wrote

But isn't hypersonic a little silly when you can take a SpaceX suborbital with a hundred+ passengers?

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TrixieIsTrans t1_je8cc6t wrote

Ah yes, SpaceX Suborbital flights for commercial, paying customers. Just ignore the fact you can't have them anywhere near cities (for the same reason why we don't put rocket launchpads near cities), and training every paying customer to be accustomed to suborbital flights. Honestly, I don't see this new Swiss jet working either, especially because the OG hypersonic jet, Concorde, got canned partially due to noise complaints and how many people didn't go on Concorde (costs), leading to higher ticket prices, leading to less people going on Concorde... you get the idea.

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garlicroastedpotato t1_je78mv5 wrote

The trick with a Space-X suboribital is having enough landing and launch platforms in the world. Currently it's cheaper to ship payloads to their one launch platform than setup closer launch platforms.

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BungOnMimosas t1_je72qju wrote

It’s always good for their to be competition in the market, but you are right, I don’t see this thing as having anywhere near the capability the Starship will have. Maybe I’ll be proven wrong though

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do_you_even_ship_bro t1_je8t3px wrote

You have to have capability to be compared. Currently no rockets have ever done commercial transportation from one place to another.

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