From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   On 26-Aug-21 3:49 pm, Snidely wrote:   
   > Remember  Wednesday, when  JF Mezei asked plainitively:   
   >> On 2021-08-25 22:55, Snidely wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> It could, with refueling, and there will be payloads where that's the   
   >>> appropriate choice.  There aren't now, but there will be.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Does it make sense to launch 2 super heavies, one to refuel starship o   
   >> it can deliver payload to geostationay altitude and then come back?   
   >   
   > It depends on the payload.   
   >   
   >> People complained about Shuttle being inefficient because of its total   
   >> weight vs payload. Won't the same argument apply to Starship being used   
   >> to deliver satellite to Geo?   
   >   
   > It depends on the payload.   
      
   The problem with the Shuttle wasn't its small payload fraction, but the   
   fact that each launch cost as much as the budget of a small country. It   
   might as well not have been reusable.   
      
   If you have a reusable vehicle that can be launched at a reasonable   
   cost, then all that matters is whether the payload justifies that cost.   
   The overall mass of the vehicle is neither here nor there.   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
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