Blake Scholl 🛫
@bscholl · May 23, 2026
When you nail thrust to weight ratio, you can get off the pad properly.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Fully reusable rockets bias towards higher T/W, as propellant cost dominates cost per ton to orbit.
Even for Falcon 9, which is ~80% reusable, losing the upper stage costs way more than the propellant, so relatively inefficient use of propellant (low T/W) still reduces $/ton to orbit.
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