00:00Therefore, it makes sense that SpaceX will either extend the system a bit in the future,
00:04or they will leave the system as it is and simply have enormous payload capacities.
00:10What seems more likely to me, though, is that they will stretch Starship to a total of
00:146,000 tons and still maintain a TWR of 1.5. That is still pretty brisk. These incredible
00:22amounts of thrust are, of course, especially useful if you want to build tankers,
00:26which SpaceX definitely plans to do. And this brings it full circle. With such
00:32potent engines, it will in a sense turn out to be easier to launch enormous amounts of propellant
00:38into orbit. I actually think that SpaceX has really gotten hooked here with the whole
00:44Raptor development. I wouldn't be surprised if they squeeze out even more thrust and efficiency.
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