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ben_w • last Friday at 2:44 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Both can be true.

No contradiction between "more than everyone else combined" and "it is unfeasable to launch 36,500 metric tons per year compared to the about-2,500 tons in the last 12 months".

Especially as the working launch vehicle is getting retired and the replacement has only had one circularized orbit, and is currently behind the development pace set by the Saturn V, N1, and even the Space Shuttle.


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DennisP • last Friday at 5:57 PM

Well I'd say they're ahead of N1 considering that N1 never made it to orbit.

consensus1 • last Friday at 6:07 PM

That is just a one OOM scaling. It's not that difficult, especially considering that Starship just delivered the 3rd largest payload ever launched and it wasn't even at capacity.

testing22321 • last Friday at 7:43 PM

Sounds like you’re very big on the nay saying for its own sake.

I assume you’re dirty on Usain Bolt for not running faster?

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