The Saturn V’s F-1 was the most powerful engine ever flown… …but SpaceX looked at it and said “nah, not good enough.” They completely ditched the old gas generator cycle and went full-flow staged combustion with Raptor. Why throw away a proven legend? Because this one change is the key to making Starship fully reusable… and getting us to Mars https://x.com/SpaceNews92/status/2063662927668998491?s=20 #spacex #starship