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Re:Science upside for Starship by rbanffy on Monday November 22, 2021 @10:19AM (#29307218)
> One of the reasons the Saturn V was discontinued

What happens when launching a Saturn-V sized payload becomes cheaper than launching an Atlas V sized one?

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Re:Science upside for Starship by adfgergaehg on Monday November 22, 2021 @10:26AM (#29307320)
If and when that happens I'll re-evaluate. I don't buy the SpaceX marketing about the Starship for a millisecond. (And I'm baffled why a government contractor that isn't publicly-traded is marketing to the public in the first place.)
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