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Re:Starship / Super Heavy by gibolt on Saturday December 26, 2020 @10:30PM (#25548565)
It is approximately a 30 storey building. The majority of it is filled with extremely dense liquid fuel.

The ability to lift that into orbit (minus most fuel and booster) with both halves still able to land is an insane feat.

Re:Starship / Super Heavy by avmich on Saturday December 26, 2020 @11:10PM (#25548743)
You mean, extremely cold. Not particularly dense, methane is about half of water density, oxygen is about 10% more.
Re:Starship / Super Heavy by wolfram74 on Saturday December 26, 2020 @11:24PM (#25548805)
Given most buildings are upwards of 90% air by volume, that's still quite dense.
Re:Starship / Super Heavy by heavenlyblue on Sunday December 27, 2020 @07:01AM (#25550454)
Wanted to argue with you but apparently concrete is only 2.5g/cm3 so not that much different from water.
Re:Starship / Super Heavy by stjohnswarts on Sunday December 27, 2020 @11:32PM (#25556704)
There have been ships made of concrete which I always found interesting. Ferrocement (I believe) is a form of boatcraft that can be done in your backyard without any special tools.
Re:Starship / Super Heavy by garmaine on Sunday December 27, 2020 @12:01AM (#25548985)
When supercooled they’re a bit more dense than that. But as the sibling comment said, most 30 story buildings aren’t filled with water.
Re:Starship / Super Heavy by Sheldon777 on Sunday December 27, 2020 @04:21AM (#25549892)
the supercooling system and its nitrate gasses will freeze the core of the space ship
Re:Starship / Super Heavy by MertsA on Sunday December 27, 2020 @08:09AM (#25550763)
Presumably they mean compared to hydrolox like Delta IV or the Space Shuttle.