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"SpaceX Starship will deliver so much propellant to LEO that fuel efficiency won't matter." --- Statements dreampt up by the delusional (hexbear.net)
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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Anything to improve specific impulse. Making the fuel better, optimizing combustion, nozzle geometry, etc etc. This is all way more important than basically any other aspect of a rocket, as far as making the rocket go from point A to point B is concerned.