SpaceflightMemes

After years of saying Starship can do 100 tons to LEO... 'Block 1's actual proven payload capacity is 'a banana'... not 50 tons.

Starship has never launched any actual payload to orbit.

Anyway, onto 'Block 2', that'll be able to do what 'Block 1' was aupposed to do, even though none of the contracts Musk's signed to develop Starship have any mention of different Blocks... but its ok because Block 3 will do 150 tons!

Just like how Hyperloop is an idea that makes any sense and will work.

Just like how FSD is will be complete and ready in 2017.

Just like how Solar Roof tiles are totally real and not completely fake.

Just like how Tesla cars will be able to fly with monopropellant thrusters.

Just like how Elon is a free speech absolutist except when people mock or disagree with him.

As with basically all of Musk's promises to shareholders and aspirations presented as facts at publicized events since about 2014... what Musk says is all almost entirely bullshit, and anyone would be a fool to take him at his word.

And knowing that everything Musk says has turned out to be total BS, who knows what the actual number is. So far no Starship has been to LEO and hasn't carried any payload. Sure the last one carried a banana and technically made it to orbital speeds before plunging back into the atmosphere. That's a long way from actually doing the thing and putting 50 tons into LEO.