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Starship can't lift 462 tons to orbit in one launch and that isn't taking into account the volume needed. It would take more than 1 to get an ISS equivalent on
by JaimeThompson 5y ago
Starship can't lift 462 tons to orbit in one launch and that isn't taking into account the volume needed. It would take more than 1 to get an ISS equivalent on orbit.
- kortex 5y agoOk, so like 5-10. ISS took 40 assembly flights, with 36 being expensive space shuttle flights ($54k/kg).
- mlindner 5y agoThe pressurized volume of Starship is larger than the pressurized volume of the ISS. I think that was what was intended to be conveyed.
- hparadiz 5y agoExactly what I was thinking in my head when I wrote that. Although I really should have written it out properly. To be fair mass is probably way more important.