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Re:How I got the French Tech Visa to start my company in France by ohgodplsno on Friday August 21, 2020 @10:44AM (#24235305)
SpaceX _pretends_ it can lift 63 tons.

In practice, their payloads have been a few tons at best. Whereas Ariane's track record with Ariane 5 is almost flawless and actually hitting those announced maximums.

But sure, trust the company that has regularly been lying on their abilities :)

Re:How I got the French Tech Visa to start my company in France by balfirevic on Friday August 21, 2020 @11:07AM (#24235504)
> SpaceX _pretends_ it can lift 63 tons

You can't be fucking serious.

Falcon Heavy launched 6465 kg satellite to GTO, while landing all 3 boosters.

Re:How I got the French Tech Visa to start my company in France by ohgodplsno on Friday August 21, 2020 @11:18AM (#24235593)
Yeah. 6400kg. 6.4 tons. Not 63. Nor the 26 they pretend they can do on GTO
Re:How I got the French Tech Visa to start my company in France by balfirevic on Friday August 21, 2020 @11:33AM (#24235719)
Are you at all familiar with the payload scaling between different orbits and the payload penalty for reusability?