▲ 8 ▼ To avoid the Panama Canal, Relativity Space may move some operations to Texas (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 year ago by Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.zip 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CCatMan@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Would a high speed rail system for delivering goods across the country reduce the need too send ships through the canal? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Size the issue here, not speed. The existing freight rail system is already faster than sending ships through the Panama canal. Rockets are particularly large and unwieldy to transport, and if Falcon 9 can't be transported by rail, there's no chance Terran R (which is wider) could be. Building a separate transcontinental railway with a wider track gauge and larger turning radius solely for transporting rockets (and maybe wind turbine blades?) seems unlikely to be worth it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CCatMan@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago Thanks, That helps me understand more of the issue here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Size the issue here, not speed. The existing freight rail system is already faster than sending ships through the Panama canal. Rockets are particularly large and unwieldy to transport, and if Falcon 9 can't be transported by rail, there's no chance Terran R (which is wider) could be. Building a separate transcontinental railway with a wider track gauge and larger turning radius solely for transporting rockets (and maybe wind turbine blades?) seems unlikely to be worth it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CCatMan@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago Thanks, That helps me understand more of the issue here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CCatMan@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago Thanks, That helps me understand more of the issue here. permalink fedilink source parent