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		pfdietz on March 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After Thursday's flight, Starship is the most revo... I got something wrong in the first post. I misread the propellant mass and was only looking at the second stage. So, multiply the water production by a factor of 4. Not half a million launches, but 1/4 of that. So the water constraint on launches is even worse than I was saying (this is likely what led to the downvote?)

ben_w on March 17, 2024 [–]

Re: downvotes — I never ask when I get them, and I didn't vote either way.

(I think even asking that is frowned on?)

pfdietz on March 17, 2024 | [–]

Well, I've never been dinged for it, but I'll stop if that's the case.

It would have been more useful to get a critique there; I could even have corrected the post before the edit window ended.

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