Scientists are beginning to dream of how a new generation of super-heavy-lift rockets might enable revolutionary space telescopes and bigger, bolder interplanetary missions.
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| NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) moon megarocket topped by the Orion spacecraft (left); SpaceX’s Starship with Super Heavy booster (right). Credit: Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (left); SpaceX/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) (right) |
