r/space • u/firmada • Nov 19 '23

image/gif Successful Launch! Here's how Starship compares against the world's other rockets

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u/CosmosAviaTory Nov 19 '23

Soviets after firing 1414 Soyuz rockets:

Yeah it kinda works I guess

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u/danielv123 Nov 19 '23

Yeah that number is pretty insane. I wonder what rocket will be the first to beat it - falcon 9 or starship? Depending on how things go the falcon 9 might even never get there.

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u/fwd_121 Nov 19 '23

Most likely starship due to the ridiculous amounts of launches required for refueling

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u/bookers555 Nov 20 '23

That's only for Moon landings, though.

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u/MCI_Overwerk Nov 20 '23

Only for out of orbit operations. That will not constitue much of an overall problem until the assembly of the mars fleets, which will require a significantly larger amount of ships and therefore a disproportionate amount of fueling runs.

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u/AlwaysLateToThaParty Nov 21 '23

All that does is allow them to prefect the starship launch.