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   Alain Fournier to All   
   Re: Starship IFT-3   
   16 Mar 24 17:51:52   
   
   From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   Has anyone heard anything about the success or failure of the propellant   
   transfer experiment? It seems somewhat straightforward to do. But an   
   in-orbit refuelling of a rocket has never been done before. Things that   
   seem easy to do before they have been done can turn out much more   
   complicated once you actually try it. And this is a very important   
   technology for the exciting things that we hope will be done by   
   Starship. I don't care all that much about Starship being able to launch   
   satellites in Earth orbit. I'm much more excited about what can be done   
   with a refuelled Starship.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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