• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    Ignoring the onvious fact that Starship has been designed from the beginning for going to Mars and SLS only to go to the Moon…

    Didn’t even the first Starship generation theoretically have a higher payload capacity than the SLS Block 2? And that doesn’t even include the further enhancements to the ship design and Raptor updates since.

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      Its current design is very much not designed to go to mars. Right now its designed as a test bed SSTO, thats it.

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      Didn’t even the first Starship generation theoretically have a higher payload capacity than the SLS Block 2?

      No? SLS block 2 is 130 tons to LEO. Starship “block 1” did “about 50 tons” according to one of Musk’s update videos with SpaceX, promising Starship 2 would do 100 tons.

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        After years of saying Starship can do 100 tons to LEO… 'Block 1’s actual proven payload capacity is ‘a banana’… not 50 tons.

        Starship has never launched any actual payload to orbit.

        Anyway, onto ‘Block 2’, that’ll be able to do what ‘Block 1’ was aupposed to do, even though none of the contracts Musk’s signed to develop Starship have any mention of different Blocks… but its ok because Block 3 will do 150 tons!

        Just like how Hyperloop is an idea that makes any sense and will work.

        Just like how FSD is will be complete and ready in 2017.

        Just like how Solar Roof tiles are totally real and not completely fake.

        Just like how Tesla cars will be able to fly with monopropellant thrusters.

        Just like how Elon is a free speech absolutist except when people mock or disagree with him.

        As with basically all of Musk’s promises to shareholders and aspirations presented as facts at publicized events since about 2014… what Musk says is all almost entirely bullshit, and anyone would be a fool to take him at his word.

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          but its ok because Block 3 will do 150 tons!

          When we were on the “4 ships to Mars in 2024” promises, it was 150 tons for the first edition