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by mandeepj 837 days ago
> Starship is a single stage

I'm no expert, so this is a question to confirm my understanding: Starship does have a booster. So, doesn't that make it a dual stage?

https://www.zenger.news/2023/11/27/elon-musk-reveals-simple-...

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I think GP was saying that the lander is single-stage. By the time of a presumptive lunar landing, there's no lower stage to drop as with the Apollo LEM.
The part that's landing on the moon is just the second stage.