you’ve got to get Starship tankers on orbit and perfect orbital refueling.” After lifting off to low Earth orbit, the Mars-bound Starships will have to be loaded with cryogenic methane and ...

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It could also be lifted to Earth orbit fully fueled by a single Starship and sent directly to Mars with five tons of cargo without any Earth-orbit refueling, or 25 tons of cargo with a single tanker ...

In a significant move to address its long-standing aerial refueling challenges, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ...

A new U.S. Air Force analysis that recommends a systems-based approach to achieve survivable air refueling renders moot a next-gen stealthy tanker like the one pictured. Credit: Lockheed Martin ...

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Musk sees Starship as the interplanetary backbone for transporting cargo and people to Mars, one of his most consistent long-term goals. This, too, requires orbital refueling. Musk recently ...

Musk sees Starship as the interplanetary backbone for transporting cargo and people to Mars, one of his most consistent long-term goals. This, too, requires orbital refueling. Musk recently ...

But on Monday, his towering Starship rocket will return ... also needs to demonstrate complex in-orbit refueling—using other Starships as fuel tankers—to enable long-distance space travel.