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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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The X15 was the only aircraft I flew where I was glad the engine quit. - Milt Thompson.
"Don't get so caught up in your right to dissent that you forget your obligation to contribute." Mrs. James to her son Chappie.
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