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Long duration propellant stability in Starship

1 pointsby surprisetalk2 months ago

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PaulHoule2 months ago
He&#x27;s quoting a 7 ton chiller for a spacecraft with a 100 ton payload, so it&#x27;s a lot.<p>I was thinking the other day that the once-every-two-years launch window for Mars could get rather crowded, particularly considering you&#x27;d have to launch 10-20 Starships to get one to Mars.<p>I&#x27;d think you could extend that launch window for cargo by stacking Starships in an HEO (highly elliptical orbit) which means they&#x27;d spend another 6 months - 1 year in a holding pattern needing to be chilled.