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Re:Starship 10T minus 10 min by ralfd on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @10:20AM (#45040115)
> The push for rapid reusability seems somewhat at odds with the push for large scale production of ships.

Elon always talks about a city on Mars but seeing for the first time the gargantuan size of Starfactory it dawned on me that SpaceX are true believers. It is still a big IF, because the dimension of the mission is absolutely bonkers, but IF the goal is to send every two years hundreds of Starships to Mars (everyone needing around 3-4 tanker missions) you need large scale production of ships.

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Re:Starship 10T minus 10 min by testing22321 on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @02:24PM (#45043154)
Ten years ago every expert said a hundred launches a year was utterly impossible. Five years ago they said it was unlikely. SpaceX have launched more than a hundred times this year already.

Anyone who thinks they can’t do stuff is not seeing the whole picture.

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