Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship – comparisons

London Eye

Height: 135m

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1. Space Shuttle, Nasa. Height: 56 metres

Fleet flew 135 missions, helping construct the

International Space Station

2. Falcon 9, SpaceX. Height: 70 metres

The world’s first orbital class partially

reusable rocket

3. Saturn V, Nasa. Height: 111 metres

Used in the 1960-72 Apollo programme

4. SpaceX’s Starship. Height: 121 metres

The latest version contains 33 engines

London Eye

Height: 135 metres

SpaceX’s Starship

Height: 121 metres

The latest version

contains 33 engines

Saturn V, Nasa

Height: 111 metres

Used in the

1960-72 Apollo

programme

Falcon 9, SpaceX

Height: 70 metres

The world’s first

orbital class partially

reusable rocket

Space Shuttle, Nasa

Height: 56 metres

Fleet flew 135

missions, helping

construct the

International

Space Station