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The Starship was a good idea gone bad.

https://airfactsjournal.com/2018/01/why-the-starship-was-such-a-disaster/

This one, may or may not be all it is cracked up to be. I will believe it when I see it. But a recip engine can go a long ways on fuel. Voyager wasn't even an oil burning piston engine.

The Raptor is one that might me reasonably efficient.

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