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FUEL SUPPLY IS A BOTTLENECK FOR STARSHIP—HERE'S HOW SPACEX WILL GET AROUND IT

arstechnica.com4 min read

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Starship's scale dwarfs that of other rockets. It has a capacity for more than a million gallons of super-cold liquid methane and liquid oxygen propellants. While SpaceX aims to eventually be able to launch at least one Starship a day, there are numerous bottlenecks to achieving such a fast launch cadence. One of these is simple logistics: it takes more than 200 tanker trucks traveling from distant refineries to deliver all of the fuel needed for a Starship launch, which takes time, emits pollution, and clogs roadways.