From: doc@tardis.org   
      
   On 8/30/20 3:57 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   > In article , doc@tardis.org says...   
   >>   
   >> you call them starships but they lose 99% of the mass after take off and   
   >> reenter the atmosphere as a tiny capsule.....LOL   
   >>   
   >> still to be seen a TRUE starship that takes off and reenter in its entirety.   
   >   
   > You must be thinking of Boeing's Starliner, which is a crewed capsule   
   > for ISS crew rotations.   
   >   
   > SpaceX's Starship is an entirely different beast.  Starship is the upper   
   > stage of a fully reusable TSTO.  I'd anticipate that the first version   
   > of Starship will be the cargo version with a large clamshell door for   
   > the payload bay.  NASA has also given SpaceX a contract to study a   
   > crewed lunar landing version of Starship which literally dwarfs all of   
   > the other crewed lunar lander proposals.   
   >   
   > Jeff   
   >   
      
      
   no I am thinking to a NNP starship of the near future, something that   
   its inconceivable for you .   
      
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