Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "" video.

Space X = make water tank manufacturers great again.
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@brianfoss571 >nobody should be shocked if this results in SpaceX's lander functioning more like the National Team proposal than Starship. Not correct, Starship's refuel occurs at LEO which enables 100,000 kg cargo to be delivered to the moon. Multiple tanker refuel's low-cost structures are due to reusability. Space X's competition doesn't have direct control over SLS's architecture design, hence the limitation with the competing lander solution. Space X's vertical integration enables holistic system architecture design.
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@jodierye3011 Space X's Super Heavy booster's height and diameter are similar to Saturn V's 1st and 2nd stage stack. Replace Saturn V's Skylab with a Starship-like solution and LEO refueling. The basic idea with Space X's Starship is an evolved Saturn V-like rocket with reusability. Saturn V 1st stage = 7,891,000 lbf (35,100 kN) thrust Saturn V 2nd stage = 1,155,800 lbf (5,141 kN) thrust Space X Super Heavy 1st stage = 17,000,000 lbf (76,000 kN) thrust. Super Heavy booster is reusable. Starship as 2nd stage = 2,700,000 lbf (12,000 kN) thrust. Starship is refueled in LEO for trans-lunar injection. Starship is reusable. Luna Starship variant is to land on the moon. The Super Heavy booster and Starships are fully reusable, hence fulfilling Space Shuttle's original goals before USAF interfered with its design specs. Future Starship variants can be customized for specific missions. Saturn V design reference is a good place to start.
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@jodierye3011 >Show me a "Star Ship" that doesn't crash and explode or land on fire and needs a hefty fire suppression system McDonnell Douglas DC-XA was killed by politics during its R&D phase i.e. killed by political investigation for design flaw bullshit during the R&D phase. LOL Your argument is the same that killed McDonnell Douglas DC-XA. Smart computing systems requires additional data, hence many experiments with SN series. SN15 has landed successfully.
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@jodierye3011 >>BTW, a starship that takes off, belly flops and then lands doesn't prove anything. Any ship with the right engines that isn't carrying payload could do this, >>Lockheed Martin was doing this in the 80's For landing rockets, it wasn't Lockheed. McDonnell Douglas DC-X reached 3.14 km in height, DC-X is a small rocket with 60 kN (kilo-Newtons) or 13,000 lbf thrust Falcon Heavy has 22.8 MN (mega-Newtons) or 5,100,000 lbf thrust. Falcon 9 FT has 7.6 MN (mega-Newtons) or 1,710,000 lbf thrust Starship SN15 reached 10 km in height. Lockheed's VentureStar was killed during the R&D phase i.e. killed by political investigation for design flaw bullshit during the R&D phase. The composite fuel tank design issue was solved in 2004, but the VentureStar project was canceled in 2001.
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