hopfgeist ,
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This is all academic anyway.

Starship isn't going to the moon. The whole architecture is just utterly ridiculous. How many launches does it take to refuel one Starship to go to the moon and back? 9? 12? 15? 21? More?

Nobody knows: https://youtu.be/OoJsPvmFixU?si=or37XXxJORdpOUq5&t=1730

People did that in 1969 with ONE smaller rocket.

Booster/Starship is about the worst possible vehicle for the job. Yes, once it works it can lob 100+ tonnes into low earth orbit, but beyond that?
Maybe "Fail Fast" wasn't the best development methodology for this, after all?

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