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ok, let's get back to those Mars mission ideas. here's an idea from Peter Hague maximizing starship efficiency using a continuously increasing group of sun-orbiting starships as regular ferries to the red planet:

initially, the mission to Mars would carry 250 people on 5 Starships, each designed for different roles. one ship will carry all the crew, maximizing space for living quarters, while the others serve as space-only vehicles, cutting down on mass for the journey

ok, let's get back to those Mars mission ideas. here's an idea from Peter Hague maximizing starship efficiency using a continuously increasing group of sun-orbiting starships as regular ferries to the red planet:

initially, the mission to Mars would carry 250 people on 5 Starships, each designed for different roles. one ship will carry all the crew, maximizing space for living quarters, while the others serve as space-only vehicles, cutting down on mass for the journey
https://x.com/peterrhague/status/1832793121945460766

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I like that the word “mini space station” was used. 

I’m having some difficulty understanding what space-only vehicles mean tho.

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Ohhh okay

So in your example 1 ship for crew, while the other 4 for supplies and such

I’m really curious for how long the first crew to go up there will be there for

Maybe 5-15 years

those are the ones that never make reentry into an atmosphere, so once they are launched, they remain in space and are used as ferries / cargo ships while other ships are configured for atmospheric flight