Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Mar 29, 2019
I’m actually shocked you’d even consider an expendable StarShip upper stage instead of just delivering a kick stage! I’ll bet a F9 upper stage and large payload could fit inside the cargo bay of StarShip. Now that would be wild! 🤯
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Probably no fairing either & just 3 Raptor Vacuum engines. Mass ratio of ~30 (1200 tons full, 40 tons empty) with Isp of 380. Then drop a few dozen modified Starlink satellites from empty engine bays with ~1600 Isp, MR 2. Spread out, see what’s there. Not impossible.
01:14 AM · March 30, 2019 · 0 views
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