Getting back on the topic of a shake-down cruise.Imho, it's quite possible that the first time a BFS is ready to go interplanetary is not in sync with the next the Earth-Mars close approach. Development timelines being what they are, you might find yourself with a BFS that's ready to go, but no Mars to go to. Plenty of shorter missions other than going to Mars that are worth doing, especially if you want to accumulate flight time before bringing the paying public onboard.
Adding landing - and you get the possibility of somewhere around 100 tons on the surface for every 7 BFR launches
Quote from: speedevil on 06/28/2018 04:44 pmAdding landing - and you get the possibility of somewhere around 100 tons on the surface for every 7 BFR launches Ok, I'm a little slow here. Can you innumerate the 7 launches and their function in getting the 100 ton payload to the Moon?