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thesmart 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical...

That's LEO, not to lunar orbit and entry. Saturn V had a maximum lift capacity of 310,000 lb (140,000 kg) to low Earth orbit (LEO) and could deliver approximately 50 tons (45,000 kg) of payload to the Moon.

boxed 11 months ago [–]

Well... no. The PLAN for the Starship lander is to have 100tons of cargo. That's why it takes so many refulings.

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