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Re:Historic NASA Launch Platform Will Be Demolished by dangerbird2 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:39AM (#25930308)
Probably not. Falcons are assembled and transported horizontally, thus don't need a mobile launch platform. Starship will probably be too big for it, and will probably need its own solution for assembly given its unusual launch and landing profile.
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Re:Historic NASA Launch Platform Will Be Demolished by gpm on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @01:28PM (#25931863)
So far the SpaceX Starship solution seems to be commercially available cranes, commercially available "roll lifts" (flat beds with a lot of independently controlled wheels [1]), and simple launch sites that don't move around on land.

I have to imagine that SpaceX's solution is orders of magnitude cheaper than maintaining this giant custom vehicle NASA made.

[1] https://i.redd.it/wo6buoppcov31.png

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