@Fizz@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish • 5 days agoKiwi-invented ‘rocket-plane’ - Dawn Aerospace | Stuff.co.nzwww.youtube.commessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square@TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink1•4 days agoHeh, it was barely a plane though - basically wings on a rocket, very little fly time & wasn’t landing it so problematic that more often than not it crashed or the pilot bailed?
minus-squareSashalinkfedilink1•4 days ago@TagMeInSkipIGotThis Sure, but 80 years ago… How much did it take from Orwille brothers to Sputnik? 40-50 years?
minus-square@qarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoThings plateau as the “cost to result” ratio becomes more and more unfavorable. I don’t see what you’re trying to say.
@Fizz No but they made a rocket plane. Fighter.
Heh, it was barely a plane though - basically wings on a rocket, very little fly time & wasn’t landing it so problematic that more often than not it crashed or the pilot bailed?
@TagMeInSkipIGotThis Sure, but 80 years ago… How much did it take from Orwille brothers to Sputnik? 40-50 years?
Things plateau as the “cost to result” ratio becomes more and more unfavorable.
I don’t see what you’re trying to say.