If this adjusts the required margins it converts into a lot more payload.
Starship 1 has a payload of 100 tons, Starship 2 has 100+ tons and Starship 3 a planned 200 tons.
If they can swap fuel for payload, or burn for additional impulse, they're going to limited by volume, not weight....
The amount of residual fuel after landing is unreal! That is far more than I ever expected. Its gotta be at least 500 tons? Even more obvious by looking at the flexing on the arms.
Doing rough calculations in 3D yields residual masses of 365 tons of LOX and 232 tons of LCH4. So ~600 tons of propellant residuals at landing. That is significantly more than I expected.
Here is the mockup used to compute the residual volume marked by the sharp ice lines that appeared shortly after landing. The residual propellant caused the surface of the steel to develop ice, clearly showing the fluid levels. This is separate from condensation.
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