Dana En
@danaen803 · Dec 28, 2023
1/ People seem to be missing the sheer Audacity of @elonmusk's plans for Starship. He is building an automotive production line for Starships, he is aiming for 1 per week at each factory or 104 per
@arstechnica "build one Starship a week" @SciGuySpace
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The super heavy booster can be used more frequently than the ship, as it returns in about ~6 minutes and can theoretically be ready for reflght in an hour.
The ship needs to complete at least one orbit, but often several to have the ground track line back up with the launch site, so reuse may only be daily.
This means that ship production needs to be roughly an order of magnitude higher than booster production.
To achieve Mars colonization in roughly three decades, we need ship production to be 100/year, but ideally rising to 300/year.
02:14 PM · December 29, 2023 · 971.3K views
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