Timeline for Why doesn't the BFR/Starship have a launch escape system?

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Apr 25, 2023 at 13:56	comment	added	Abdullah is not an Amalekite		Starship cannot lift its own weight off the pad
May 2, 2021 at 10:22	comment	added	Oliver Schafeld		I wonder if the Starship could really escape a Superheavy explosion. Look at the size of that thing. Compare with the Soviet N1 rocket, which when it blew up caused "one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in human history." To evacuate the crew from the blast radius with maybe a split second forewarning the massive starship would need quite an acceleration.
Aug 20, 2020 at 8:00	comment	added	Heopps		Well, big liquid-fuel rocket engines with turbopumps (like Raptor) have some startup time. So in case Falcon Superheavy rocket explodes on pad I doubt it'll be enough time for Starship to fly out. In flight phase - maybe. Are there any links this variant was ever considered by SpaceX? Afaik - Elon Musk told about Starship+Superheavy like a commercial airplane analog - it will have no escape system but should have low probabiliy of fatal failure.
Aug 19, 2020 at 16:36	comment	added	Giovanni		Thank you. You may want to include Organic Marble's citation of Elon Musk from above into your answer.
Aug 19, 2020 at 16:32	vote	accept	Giovanni
Aug 19, 2020 at 16:24	comment	added	Steve Linton		Although it occurs to me that Starship lighting its engines to get away from Superheavy close to the pad might not be too healthy for the pad. I imagine a fast fire with a full Superheavy propellant load would be something to see -- from a distance!
Aug 19, 2020 at 15:28	history	answered	Steve Linton	CC BY-SA 4.0