| ▲ | 2OEH8eoCRo0 3 hours ago | |
Starship HLS is estimated to require 22 refueling launches to support 1 moon mission. | ||
| ▲ | Ankaios 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
OP, this is probably the source of the confusion. Some people are claiming that SpaceX will need 20+ refueling launches for human lunar landings. However, that's a very different claim than reusable rockets requiring 23x more launches just to carry the same amount of payload to Earth orbit. | ||
| ▲ | echoangle 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Without knowing how much it would take in expendable configuration, that doesn’t imply that it takes 23 times as many launches | ||
| ▲ | wat10000 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
How is that even relevant? The Starship HLS launch won’t be landing the upper stage. | ||