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Old 5th January 2026 | 09:24
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If you looking at building a civilisation on Mars that is going to need the transport of landers to carry/be housing, factories, machinery, food, materials etc a regular shipping fleet will be needed. Many of those ships will be one way tankers and freighters.

You are looking at space moving from a scientific to an industrial basis.

Meanwhile, even as we wait for Starship V3 first flight, V4 is being designed.

Musk:
​​​​​​​Starship 4 will be another 10% to 20% longer.
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