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> Starship is planned to take 100T to LEO The SpaceX website says “100+ t” to LEO. So 100t is a lower bound? Who knows? [1] However: “Starship can land 100 to
by nyokodo 4y ago
> Starship is planned to take 100T to LEO
The SpaceX website says “100+ t” to LEO. So 100t is a lower bound? Who knows? [1]
However:
“Starship can land 100 tons on the lunar surface," said Aarti Matthews, Starship Human Landing System program manager for SpaceX.” [2]
Aarti may mean “with refueling in LEO” so that would require additional launches without an established orbital refueling station. So to fix my math would require knowing the cost of tanker launches which I’m not going to attempt to do.
1. https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/ https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
2. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/spacex-engineer-says-nasa-should-plan-for-starships-significant-capability/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/spacex-engineer-says...