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"Starship will be the world’s largest launch vehicle with a mass 5000 tonnes, more than eight times the world’s largest passenger jet, the Airbus A380. 28 Raptor engines producing more thrust than an astounding 50 A380s (75,315 kN/16,931,500 lbf)." nasaspaceflight.com/2020/10/the-co…

"Starship reusable cargo variant’s 150 tonne payload has a cargo bay large enough to swallow a passenger locomotive. A passenger variant of Starship will hold at least 100 passengers in a 1000 cubic meter pressurized cabin that's 9% larger than the International Space Station."

3/ Elon Musk:

•"80-90% confident of reaching orbit with Starship next year.
•50-60% confident of ship and booster reuse next year.
•High volume flights in 2022 -- each capable of launching up to 400 Starlink satellites.
•Refuel in orbit in 2022." reddit.com/r/Starlink/com…

4/ Musk: "Avionics for a large rocket are no larger than for a small rocket and you can afford thicker, more accurate castings and skins on a large rocket."

Munger: "The steel used goes up with the square and the cubic volume goes up with the cube." fs.blog/great-talks/a-…