00:00Feel free to form your own opinion and write in the comments what you think. Even Raptor 1 itself,
00:05which delivered 185 tons of thrust, would have been enough to make the Starship program a complete
00:12success. Because 33 Raptor 1 engines would have already generated 6105 tons of thrust, which would
00:20have been enough to launch the 5000 ton Starship. This would have put the thrust to weight ratio,
00:25or TWR, at about 1.2, just like NASA's first moon rocket, the Saturn V. With a TWR of 1
00:34.2,
00:35the rocket's ascent starts off very gently or slowly, and the acceleration keeps increasing
00:40as the tanks empty, since the rocket gradually becomes lighter. Back then, I assumed that SpaceX
00:46would try to make Raptor 1 more robust and that would be it for its development. Until early 2023,
00:52only Raptor 1 engines were used for all flight and hope tests. But I couldn't have been more wrong,
00:59because as early as 2019, it was already SpaceX's plan to use Raptor 2, which they then did during
01:07the orbital test flight in April.
01:08In a way, I would have found my задrack in April.
01:10And at the end of the time, I would have had the ability to find the possibility of the
01:12way I'll be able to continue myлы.
01:12Besides theirter, you know, it's a bit better if you have a man in the blue.
01:13You
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