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>>11024338
>Mass efficiency becomes a couple of orders of magnitude less important
bullshit. Look at SpaceX starlink satellites they seem like they're made as light weight as possible. 100 tons still isn't as much as you'd think. I mean look at the sorts of stuff we move on big cargo airplanes. Typically it's stuff like more goddamn airplane parts. And airplanes are still built to be as light as fucking possible. Second, the rocket equation still applies. Meaning, mass ratio still increases EXPONENTIALLY with delta V.