Space

Listened to interview over the weekend. First time it really hit me how difficult Mars is.

5 million tons to space to get ~1 million tons usable.

150 tons per Starship

You would need 10 launches per day * 365 days * 10 years to get there.

Crazy!

Listened to interview over the weekend. First time it really hit me how difficult Mars is.

5 million tons to space to get ~1 million tons usable.

150 tons per Starship

You would need 10 launches per day * 365 days * 10 years to get there.

Crazy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm7TyQs5Adc

this is my main gripe with focusing on Earth <-> Mars flow of mass. it's the path of max resistance compared to capitalizing on microgravity mass. but not my horse in the race, I wish him the best of luck. and launching SHLVs is worthwhile on its own.

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They are trying to get down to $10M a launch (but not sure if that's the cost to build and if reusable is even cheaper; could also be retail price vs. internal cost)

holy shit.

what’s the approximate launch cost for each starship launch?

is the first human to land on mars & return to earth alive yet?