{"id":180833,"date":"2025-10-30T22:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/if-the-question-is-whether-the-starship-will-be-spacious-the-answer-is-yes\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T22:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:37:39","slug":"if-the-question-is-whether-the-starship-will-be-spacious-the-answer-is-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/if-the-question-is-whether-the-starship-will-be-spacious-the-answer-is-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"If the question is whether the Starship will be spacious, the answer is yes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, NASA’s acting administrator proposed studying alternatives to SpaceX’s \u00a0Starship\u00a0 to send astronauts to the Moon before \u00a0China\u00a0 does. SpaceX has just published a blunt response.<\/p>\n

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A paradigm shift.<\/strong> The self-imposed moon race against China has made the United States forget the real reason why NASA chose SpaceX’s gigantic Starship for its return to the Moon.<\/p>\n

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As SpaceX itself has been responsible for reminding us in a long publication loaded with images, technical details, and advances, its \u00a0Starship HLS\u00a0 (Human Landing System) is not merely a lunar landing module like that of the Apollo missions; it is a \u00a0paradigm shift\u00a0 designed to construct a \u00a0permanent lunar base\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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This is Starship HLS.<\/strong> The comparison is almost \u00a0comical\u00a0. While the Apollo lunar module, which took the first humans to the Moon, measured seven meters high, Starship HLS will rise vertically to \u00a052 meters\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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In terms of space, the Apollo lunar module had a habitable volume of a wardrobe, approximately \u00a04.5 cubic meters\u00a0. In contrast, the Chinese \u00a0Lanyue\u00a0 spacecraft, designated for its astronauts, has twice the volume. Starship, according to \u00a0SpaceX\u00a0, boasts \u00a0two-thirds\u00a0 of the pressurized volume of the entire International Space Station at \u00a0613 cubic meters\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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Moreover, the SpaceX ship will possess \u00a0two airlocks\u00a0 for surface exits, each with a habitable volume of \u00a013 cubic meters\u00a0. Essentially, a single Starship airlock is more spacious than the Chinese lunar landing module, raising concerns for NASA.<\/p>\n

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A luxury apartment.<\/strong> If the size comparison isn\u2019t convincing enough, the new renders of Starship\u2019s interior reveal a comfort level that no spaceship has ever had outside of \u00a0sci-fi movies\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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Gone are the images of astronauts squeezed into an aluminum can. The ambitious design includes a spacious, \u00a0multi-story interior\u00a0 with a clean, futuristic aesthetic. It features a spiral staircase, a control area with multiple seats, and a \u00a0panoramic window\u00a0 offering breathtaking views of the lunar surface.<\/p>\n

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A beast of burden.<\/strong> Starship is not designed simply to carry new American flags to the Moon. Instead, SpaceX has reiterated its commitment to fulfill the initial promise of NASA’s \u00a0Artemis program\u00a0: to establish a “permanent and sustainable presence on the Moon” by building a lunar base.<\/p>\n

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Starship\u2019s cargo variants are capable of landing up to \u00a0100 tons\u00a0 on the lunar surface. This includes both pressurized and non-pressurized rovers, nuclear reactors for \u00a0power generation\u00a0, and prefabricated lunar habitats that NASA aims to have installed before China does.<\/p>\n

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2026 will be the moment of truth.<\/strong> SpaceX claims it has completed \u00a049 key milestones\u00a0 in Starship’s development, which encompasses demonstrations of life support systems, testing landing legs, and validating the docking adapter.<\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, the significant challenge remains: refueling ships in orbit to counteract the evaporation of \u00a0cryogenic fuel\u00a0. SpaceX seeks to tackle this issue by 2026 with its new \u00a0Starship V3\u00a0 model. Without effective fuel transfer in orbit, Starship will be unable to reach the Moon with both crew and significant cargo.<\/p>\n

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Images | SpaceX<\/p>\n

In Xataka | The enormous size of Starship, in images that illustrate its scale<\/p>\n

In Xataka | A genius named \u00a0Tom Mueller\u00a0 designed the engines for the Falcon 9. And now that genius wants to beat SpaceX on its own turf.<\/p>\n


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