top | item 17698151 (no title) bosdev | 7 years ago The first stage is significantly larger and therefore more expensive than the second.My guess is the first full-reuse rocket you'll see will be the SSTO BFR. discuss order hn newest lorenzhs|7 years ago > SSTO BFR[citation needed] - I don't think BFR is intended to be single-stage to orbit? mikeash|7 years ago The BFS (spaceship, i.e. second stage) is supposedly going to have enough performance to make orbit on its own as an SSTO, with a tiny payload. It probably won’t ever be used that way, though. load replies (1)
lorenzhs|7 years ago > SSTO BFR[citation needed] - I don't think BFR is intended to be single-stage to orbit? mikeash|7 years ago The BFS (spaceship, i.e. second stage) is supposedly going to have enough performance to make orbit on its own as an SSTO, with a tiny payload. It probably won’t ever be used that way, though. load replies (1)
mikeash|7 years ago The BFS (spaceship, i.e. second stage) is supposedly going to have enough performance to make orbit on its own as an SSTO, with a tiny payload. It probably won’t ever be used that way, though. load replies (1)
lorenzhs|7 years ago
[citation needed] - I don't think BFR is intended to be single-stage to orbit?
mikeash|7 years ago