From: niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid   
      
   On 2020-12-10 2:18, JF Mezei wrote:   
      
   > Based on the NASAspaceflight guys, the 3 engines aren't enough to launch   
   > a fully fueled Starship. This was likely the reason they had to scale   
   > back from 15 to 12.5km because it would have required too much fuel at   
   > liftoff and not enough power.   
      
   Another likely explanation I've seen is that they wanted to avoid   
   high-altitude winds at the transition from nose-up to belly-flop.   
      
   I don't think they would need to fully fuel the Starship just to reach   
   15 km altitude at low speed.   
      
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