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March 31st, 2020
SpaceX has released a Starship Users Guide.
Potential Starship customers can use this guide as a resource for preliminary payload accommodations information.
This is the initial release of the Starship Users Guide and it will be updated frequently in response to customer feedback.
The Starship Program leverages SpaceX’s experience to introduce a next generation, super heavy-lift space transportation system capable of rapid and reliable reuse.
Starship crew (left) and uncrewed (right)
configurations.
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX’s Starship system represents a fully reusable transportation system designed to service Earth orbit needs as well as missions to the Moon and Mars.
Starship payload deployment sequence.
Credit: SpaceX
This two-stage vehicle—composed of the Super Heavy rocket (booster) and Starship (spacecraft) is powered by sub-cooled methane and oxygen. “Starship is designed to evolve rapidly to meet near term and future customer needs while maintaining the highest level of reliability,” notes the 6-page guide.
Private cabins
According to the guide, the Starship crew configuration can transport up to 100 people from Earth into low Earth orbit and on to the Moon and Mars. The crew configuration of Starship includes private cabins, large common areas, centralized storage, solar storm shelters and a viewing gallery.
Delivery of cargo on the Moon.
Credit: SpaceX
Sprawling Moon base supported by SpaceX Starships.
Credit: SpaceX
The guide is available at:
https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/starship_users_guide_v1.pdf
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