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> However, I still don't get the rationale of building a rocket with such a large payload

Operations cost. They are sublinear on payload/size. At least this is what Space X/Musk seem to go for.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_dumb_booster

There's also many advantages to being able to lift something large/heavy in one go, rather than smaller payloads that need to be unfolded (like JWST) or assembled in space, which can drastically increase the development costs.




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