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A comment on Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and settle Mars. Parent comment

Re:Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and settle ... by SEJeff on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:40AM (#22494431)
A Falcon 9 has a LEO payload capacity of 22,800kg in expendable mode, something SpaceX does not like to do. The largest payload mass they've carried to LEO was Starlink-2 at approximately 15,600kg (60 satellites at 227 kg each).
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Re:Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and settle ... by labawi on Sunday March 08, 2020 @01:04PM (#22519113)
Electron is not reusable, so expandable mode is a fairer comparison.
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Re:Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and settle ... by SEJeff on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:30AM (#22525623)
Maybe, but SpaceX strongly dislikes doing expendable mode, if at all.
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