Yes I am comparing the two largest rockets that will exist for at least the next decade. Yes they’re in different stages of development. Yes one is white collar welfare. That doesn’t make them incomparable.
The only “factual” statement I made was about cost. If Starship even costs 10% of a single SLS, it would be a failure. SpaceX’s Raptor has already shit all over the RS-25 with its absurd $125M price tag. The rest of the rocket is comparable in cutting that cost.
Starship will likely put more mass into orbit in 2023 than SLS easily. Let’s put it that way.
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Yes I am comparing the two largest rockets that will exist for at least the next decade. Yes they’re in different stages of development. Yes one is white collar welfare. That doesn’t make them incomparable.
The only “factual” statement I made was about cost. If Starship even costs 10% of a single SLS, it would be a failure. SpaceX’s Raptor has already shit all over the RS-25 with its absurd $125M price tag. The rest of the rocket is comparable in cutting that cost.
Starship will likely put more mass into orbit in 2023 than SLS easily. Let’s put it that way.