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To: Bayard

It’s already the biggest thing to fly.

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3 posted on 01/31/2024 6:36:44 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

It’s larger than the Saturn V by a good bit too. So it’s the largest object to ever fly. Had the range safety fedboys not pushed the boom boom button when the telemetry dropped out for starship it would have made orbit it was firing on all it’s engines and near orbital velocity already. I expect the next launch to put starship into orbit making it the largest humans have ever orbited and opening the solar system to human presence. 100 tonnes is enough to out humans to the asteroid belt and if you do on orbit fuel transfers you can get to anywhere inside Jupiter orbit and back. There is a reason Musk is working on synthetic methane tech from water and co2 that’s exactly what you need on Mars to make return fuel. Plus it shuts the greens up since it’s carbon neutral fuel when made with nuclear or off peak wind electricity in South Texas.

Love me some SpaceX what a great time to be alive.


5 posted on 02/11/2024 7:50:37 PM PST by GenXPolymath
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