Peter Smith
⬤ Nothing in aviation even comes close to Starship's mass or what it can lift. The vehicle cranks out more than twice the thrust of the legendary Saturn V rocket that powered the Apollo moon missions. That kind of raw power is what you need to punch through Earth's gravity with truly massive payloads.
⬤ Starship exists for one main reason: getting huge amounts of cargo to Mars. You need both size and serious propulsion to pull that off. The system is built to handle the heavy tonnage required for trips between planets.
⬤ This all ties into the bigger vision of making humanity multi-planetary and spreading human civilization beyond Earth. Starship's enormous scale and thrust are purpose-built for exactly that mission.
Peter Smith
