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You think an airplane doesn't need lift when in a level flight? :) Thanks to the atmosphere an airplane doesn't need to carry its own oxidizer, either. I'll lea

You think an airplane doesn't need lift when in a level flight? :) Thanks to the atmosphere an airplane doesn't need to carry its own oxidizer, either. I'll leave to you to check how much oxidizer a Falcon rocket needs to carry for every ton of fuel.

bryanlarsen 3y ago
We don't have to wait long to prove you wrong. Starship using just ~1200t of Methane and 150t of payload capacity will fly East (the long way) from Texas to Hawaii in 90 minutes. That's 8x as much payload 3x as far as a 787 can do with its 100t of fuel.
- mensetmanusman 3y ago
  1.5 hour trips to Hawaii from the US would be crazy fun.
  - bryanlarsen 3y ago
    That's 1.5 hours going the long way around. It'd be under 30 going west rather than east.