Reminder that the sea dragon is the only cool chemical rocket design.

Relatedly: I wish that all of the usa's military budget (after providing for everyone's needs instead of building billion dollar warships with million dollar missiles...) went to Space Programs instead.

Like, with Orion (the cool nuclear pulse propulsion one, not the boring "it's apollo but with slightly better tech!!!" one) we could get to Saturn in weeks iirc, and Alpha Centauri in just about a century! (Well, unless you want to slow down...)