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The thing is that it can deliver that 100 tons to LEO at a lower cost than a single Falcon 9 launch. You would see fundamental changes in how the industry behav
by terafo 5y ago
The thing is that it can deliver that 100 tons to LEO at a lower cost than a single Falcon 9 launch. You would see fundamental changes in how the industry behaves. Now you have incredible engineering efforts that are put into weight reduction of payloads since the launches are so expensive. That will come to an end, engineers will focus on delivering more value, rather than maniacally lowering weight. And you will see incredible things that come with this. Private space stations, actual production in space, and many things that you couldn't even think of will come to life. All because of the accessible super-heavy rocket. and I hope that SpaceX wouldn't be the only company that has such a rocket. We need New Glenn and as many other rapidly reusable rockets as possible because nobody wants a monopoly in the form of SpaceX controlling the whole market.