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I think it would be worth it if they were not already looking working on BFR.

Falcon Heavy can fly for a couple of years now and it can handle current demands.

They will open up to next level capability with a next level vehicle.

I bet if Elon could turn back the clock he'd skip F9H and going straight to BFR. F9's Payload to LEO numbers have been going up; first design: 10,450 kg, current: 22,800 kg. On paper when Heavy was designed it was 25,000 kg to LEO.

I'm not sure. There are some things that the FH can do, military and space tourism and maybe a couple other things. Might be worth doing before the BFR, we will have to see how often i launches.

We just don't have the numbers, I would love to see the internal accounting of these projects.

I'd argue that if they put the engineering effort into BFR that much earlier, we might have a vehicle by now that can meet those demands as well as be a much better mars vehicle.

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