SpaceX showed off three fully complete Super Heavy Booster and Starships. They each have double the thrust of the Saturn V. There is a fourth Super Heavy Starship that is nearing completion. They are all standing in the Starbase Megabay.
Super Heavy boosters for the next three flights, with a fourth ready to stack, in the Starbase Megabay pic.twitter.com/0GLwlDvjNu
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 2, 2024
Previously, SpaceX has shown the completed Starship upper stages.
ChromeKiwi has shown a diagram of the rocket stands that are holding the Super Heavy Boosters.
The Saturn V program that launched 9 lunar astronaut crews and Skylab had half of the thrust of these rockets. The Saturn V rocket program cost $50 billion in today’s dollars and had about 13 rockets built.
The SpaceX Starship program has cost about $10 billion so far and is making rockets and built factories for the mass production of rocket engines and completed rockets.
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