From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On Jan/25/2021 at 09:48, David Spain wrote :   
   > On 1/25/2021 9:43 AM, David Spain wrote:   
   >> If successful then move on to Y. Note that if successful, and the   
   >> engines/tanks etc. aren't damaged in any significant way, the next   
   >> flight can take place quickly. Here quickly means weeks not months.   
   >   
   > It just occurred to me, that if Starship is launching from a ring pad   
   > (which it appears to be doing) to re-launch from a 'landing' pad it is   
   > only necessary to hoist the dry mass Starship vertically and re-set on a   
   > launch ring placed underneath. It isn't necessary to move to another   
   > pad. I haven't see such an architecture, yet.   
   >   
   > That might also save a great deal of time, since SpaceX is crane   
   > plentiful....   
      
   Crane plentiful... Let me see, we already knew about oxidizer rich, fuel   
   rich, engine rich, pdf rich and now we have crane rich. I'm not quite   
   sure where Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos fit in here but I know they also are   
   rich. :-)   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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