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Looking at the "LEO Payload" column here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_heavy-lift_launch_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_heavy-lift_launch_v

by Tempest1981 5y ago

Looking at the "LEO Payload" column here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_heavy-lift_launch_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_heavy-lift_launch_vehicl... Saturn V: 310,000 lb SLS: 209,000 lb planned Falcon Heavy: 126,000-141,000 lb Starship: 220,000–330,000 lb planned

ceejayoz 5y ago
Of course, the benefit of Starship is that it can (in theory) do that several times a day.
- fnord77 5y ago
  wasn't that the promise with the space shuttle, too?
  - eloff 5y ago
    Maybe at one point, but the final design did not allow rapid turnaround. Starship could actually do it the way is being designed. They have a good shot at pulling it off.