Charlie Precourt, a former astronaut on NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, said the last estimate for refueling the Starship lander was around 22 flights. Elon Musk responded on X that the figure is way too high and that the number will be more like 6 to 8.
Former NASA astronaut Charlie Precourt, a member of NASA's independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, raised concerns about the number of Starship refueling flights at a meeting on Oct. 22. He said the last estimate for the number of flights needed to refuel the Starship lander was around 22.
Elon Musk responded on X that the 22-flight estimate is way too high. He wrote that the actual number will be more like 6 to 8.
