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My understanding is that without payload it is SSTO. Which is mostly useless, but might be good enough for a test flight. And even if not, musk said that starsh
by the8472 6y ago
My understanding is that without payload it is SSTO. Which is mostly useless, but might be good enough for a test flight. And even if not, musk said that starship is the hard part, if they got that one working then adding the booster would be essentially a second starship without nose cone and an interstage instead.
- PaulHoule 6y agoCertainly reentry is easier for the Super Heavy
- simonh 6y agoA reasonably optimised Starship can theoretically reach orbit, but it wouldn't have any fuel left to come back down and land, so that isn't happening. Anyway these early prototypes are probably a bit over-engineered and heavy to manage that. This all means that when Hans talks about an orbital flight in 6+ months, he must be talking about flying it with Super Heavy.