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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: combjelly who wrote (1570969)11/9/2025 3:26:05 PM
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It all comes down to mass.

Fuel

Every Ounce Counted: The Weighty Challenge of the Apollo Moon Missions

apollo11space.com

The Starship is very heavy, even empty.

And then reliability.

Slowing down from 25,000 miles per hr is a lot harder than just 17,500.

Lots more energy to get rid of.

There are still many, many hoops to jump thru before I would ever get onboard.

LOL
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