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Ankaios • yesterday at 9:32 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I heard one person say that carrying fuel to land over the whole flight means it takes 23x more launches to get an equivalent payload to orbit.

I recommend talking with people who know more about spaceflight.


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2OEH8eoCRo0 • yesterday at 9:35 PM

Starship HLS is estimated to require 22 refueling launches to support 1 moon mission.

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palata • yesterday at 9:42 PM

> I recommend talking with people who know more about spaceflight.

Yes, because asking on HN if such people would be willing to answer obviously gets you downvotes and comments like this.