Starship fuel depots alter the paradigm. Instead of Earth dependent spacecraft, depots allow spacecraft to operate exclusively in space and refuel at each new destination. New dawn new day - and a much brighter one.
You should do a write up explaining the merits of depots. I "get" them, but I feel like I don't fully appreciate their potential vis-a-vis the fact that you still require several launches to refuel them.
Great write up. We need to think of Starship as a platform, not a rocket. The upper stage can be used in so many ways:
Payload carrier
Crewed carrier
Tanker
Lunar lander
Deep space probe delivery
Mars transport
Fuel depo
Starship fuel depots alter the paradigm. Instead of Earth dependent spacecraft, depots allow spacecraft to operate exclusively in space and refuel at each new destination. New dawn new day - and a much brighter one.
You should do a write up explaining the merits of depots. I "get" them, but I feel like I don't fully appreciate their potential vis-a-vis the fact that you still require several launches to refuel them.