The Starship would be the world’s largest rocket. It may also provide the cheapest launches. To accomplish this, SpaceX will need to launch fleets of Starships on a daily basis, as well as customers for the massive cargo capacity. SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket (referred to collectively as Starship) are fully reusable transportation systems designed to transport both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The Starship will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle, capable of carrying more than 100 metric tonnes to Earth orbit.
When Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, talks about Starship, he mostly talks about human exploration: Make humans a multi-planetary species by establishing bases on Mars, Save humanity from extinction.
Elon Musk responded to a tweet about the starship today by saying that the “A starship will be an incredible scientific enabler. Full reusability and a high production rate drive an order of magnitude increase in $/kg to orbit and beyond. Because the primary user of this rocket is the next-generation Starlink constellation, science does not need to cover fixed costs.”
Starship will be an incredible enabler for science. Full reusability & high production rate drive several orders of magnitude improvement in $/kg to orbit & beyond.
Next gen Starlink constellation is primary user of this rocket, so science doesn’t need to cover fixed cost.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 18, 2022
