Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing.
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过去十年间，太空行业对大型火箭的需求发生显著变化。SpaceX的星舰（Starship）拥有超过100公吨的低地球轨道运载能力，正在改变行业思维。若实现燃料加注，其可将同等载荷送往更高轨道、月球或火星。尽管星舰仍处于实验阶段，NASA、美军、科学家及竞争对手已开始探索其应用，包括月球任务、远程货运及巨型太空望远镜发射。中国也在研发类似系统，部分美国卫星制造商
It wasn't easy to find anyone outside of SpaceX clamoring for a rocket like Starship just 10 years ago. Today, the space industry can't wait for Starship to finally deliver.
With a payload capacity of more than 100 metric tons (220,000 pounds) to low-Earth orbit, SpaceX's new rocket is changing the thinking of just about everyone in the space industry. With the unrealized but potentially game-changing benefits of refueling, Starship could carry the same amount of payload to higher orbits, the Moon, or Mars.
It's important to note that Starship is still very much in its experimental phase, far from proving Elon Musk's loftiest claims about what it can do. Still, NASA and the US military are considering novel ways to use Starship to fly to the Moon or transport cargo to far-flung war zones. Scientists are eager to use its enormous volume to launch giant space telescopes. Competitors are taking notice. China, the strongest strategic adversary America has ever faced, is looking for its own Starship. Now, some US satellite manufacturers are adapting for the substantial capacity of the world's most powerful rocket.
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