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That's more efficient if most of your trips require you to go 90% of the way around the planet (maybe?). Or for sure if you coast twenty times around the planet
by LeifCarrotson 3y ago
That's more efficient if most of your trips require you to go 90% of the way around the planet (maybe?). Or for sure if you coast twenty times around the planet.
But half the circumference of earth is not that far.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoAirliners with extended range tanks are much less efficient than normal airliners, since they both decrease capacity and increase consumption. That's the range where Starship becomes competitive, basically trans-Pacific or further.
- cma 3y agoI estimate to hit the 2028 in active passenger service timeframe they would have probably have needed at least thousands of flights by now demonstrating safety with a perfect track record.