big freaking rocket....

[egp320i]

 

[Leo123]

Here is some more info on 'Starship.' Part of the plans for it include trips to the moon.

SpaceX to work on 'simplified' Starship after NASA reopens lunar lander contract

SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk's commercial rocket company, says it's working on a "simplified" plan for its Starship to land astronauts on the moon.

www.usatoday.com

 

[toobfreak]

Here is some more info on 'Starship.'

Curious that they would build an all new rocket that actually has 18,000 kg LESS payload capacity than the rocket they already had from 60 years ago.

 

[egp320i]

Curious that they would build an all new rocket that actually has 18,000 kg LESS payload capacity than the rocket they already had from 60 years ago.

I noted that more efficient perhaps, more range most likely is the driving factor consuming less fuel

 

[Leo123]

I noted that more efficient perhaps, more range most likely is the driving factor consuming less fuel

Or maybe they're making room for more fuel, after all Elon's been talking about going to Mars.

 

[egp320i]

Or maybe they're making room for more fuel, after all Elon's been talking about going to Mars.

highly possible, let the engineers play with the numbers, we are bystanders that watch all these achievements from brilliant people

anybody that can say musk is not brilliant is a moron or just a hater

he could go down in history as a massive innovator, like him or hate him he has the cash and the vision to see it through