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I don't think GP meant 10-15 Starships missions needed to carry the same payload, but 10-15 test launches necessary before it's ready for real. I think the Saturn V had only two test flights before it took people around the moon.

Teever
No, GP is referring to the refuelling missions that will be required to put Starship on the moon and bring it back.

Which as the person you're replying to is point out isn't really a fair comparison because Starship and Saturn V deliver vastly different amounts of mass to and from the moon despite the mission being only to ferry some people there for a few days.

If Starship ends up flying to the moon it effectively enables the landing of a lunar base that could be occupied for years at a time with sufficient resupply of food and the right equipment for extraction of water/oxygen from the moon.

The Saturn V as amazing as it was could never have brought that much equipment to the moon in a cost effective manner.

tonyhart7
refuelling makes a lot of sense in the long terms

also military (space force)

Polizeiposaune
Significant parts of the Saturn V (including the S-IVB 3rd stage, and the instrument unit which controlled the entire stack) were previously flight tested in Saturn IB launches.

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