Timeline for California's rocket tax "by the mile", how would that work exactly?
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| May 10, 2017 at 8:47 | vote | accept | uhoh | ||
| May 10, 2017 at 6:56 | comment | added | uhoh | That could bring a whole new meaning to the term "death and taxes", also here. | |
| May 10, 2017 at 6:42 | comment | added | SF. |
@uhoh: X * ( (Y>=62)? 62/Y : 0 ) Only launches to cross the Karman line are taxed with this. OTOH this is also based on "mission plan" - not actual launches. "Attempted launches" are counted; if the rocket blows up on the launchpad, you still pay. Note also "in relation to total" applied afterwards: BlueOrigin would be worst off nearly all of its flight in "taxed area". OTOH launches to Mars would be pennies, as the total distance/altitude totally overshadows the atmospheric part. Also, this is counted "to payload separation", how they plan to decide where payload starts is beyond me.
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| May 10, 2017 at 5:20 | comment | added | uhoh | $X \ \cdot \ max(\frac{62}{Y}, \ 1)$ ? | |
| May 10, 2017 at 5:15 | history | answered | SF. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |