Ok so tomorrow sees the launch of the largest rocket this millennia so far and if successful the recovery - landing and potential reuse of a really large part of that. This is kinda unquestionably the biggest step in space exploration for a while, hence i figured i would start a thread on it.
Here's hoping it works, because it's this kinda technology thats truly going to make interesting jobs for us lot in the future. If space can become truly affordable, theres going to be a very, very large industry to be built up to make it happen and keep it happening at a large commercial scale, not at the scale its been at for the last few decades of just a niche speciality. Who knows maybe machinists will gain a little more respect when your clients sitting on top of a really large fiery death that is relying on you getting it just right!
Here's hoping it works, because it's this kinda technology thats truly going to make interesting jobs for us lot in the future. If space can become truly affordable, theres going to be a very, very large industry to be built up to make it happen and keep it happening at a large commercial scale, not at the scale its been at for the last few decades of just a niche speciality. Who knows maybe machinists will gain a little more respect when your clients sitting on top of a really large fiery death that is relying on you getting it just right!