Elon Musk reposted
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Why Starship
The point of Starship is not that it is the biggest rocket.
It is that mass to orbit stops being a one-way ticket.
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“It's the first rocket design that is capable of full and rapid reusability.”
Translation: every other orbital rocket is still a disposable truck. Starship is built so the truck comes home and goes again. Refill is the next chapter. Reuse is the breakthrough.
1. Falcon Heavy: ~64 t to LEO (expendable)
2. Starship V3: >100 t to LEO reusable (SpaceX’s stated target)
3. You cannot make enough rockets unless you can refly them
4. Flight 13: Ship came home intact after entry
You cannot become multiplanetary on expendable trucks.
06:27 PM · August 29, 2026 · 572.9K views
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