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Besides being 100% reusable, the second stage will be able to be refueled in orbit. That means it can take off to Mars with a full load of fuel, and carry about
by woodandsteel 7y ago
Besides being 100% reusable, the second stage will be able to be refueled in orbit. That means it can take off to Mars with a full load of fuel, and carry about a hundred times as much cargo there as a Saturn V sized rocket could.
- mabbo 7y agoYeah, in-orbit fueling will be a game changer. I'll bet good money that early on, SpaceX runs a ride-share program to send landers/orbiters to Mars for every space agency on the planet. How cool would that be in 10+ different countries had rovers on the ground, collecting different data, different experiments?