Overpopulation Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Overpopulation
unfortunately it would not be possible with the current type of
rockets. the tolerances require them to be highly precise with the
machining. some car parts have a tolerance of centimeter where as the
least precise machined part of a rocket likely is much closer to
micrometers and some are much higher. this type of precision is not
possible on an assembly line like the car makers use. it requires
several minutes just to jockey in many parts. some take the better
part of an hour. the germans are known for making precision tolerance
assembly lines, but i believe that is beyound even them. the best you
could hope for (given present conditions) is maybe 10 a month,
making a 4000 unit run, about 4.5 to 5 years (3 years and 3 months
from the finish of the first one, the last would roll off).
personally, id not be willing to risk something that came off an
assembly line that fast.
wrote:
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> How Easy would it be to factory-build rockets like we do
automobiles? I mean a production run of 4000 medium size hybrid
rockets wouldn't be that bad in terms of armourizing development
costs etc, would it?
>
> Sincerly,
>
> Michael P.
>
> "Omar E. Vega" wrote:
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> So, it's better to stay with rockets. Then, I hope scramjets
become
> practical soon enough. With current tech I am afraid there is no
> hope of further advances.
>
> Regards,
>
> Omar Vega
>
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