Looking at the super-large cabin space nearly 5 meters wide in the video, Ma asked his assistant:
"Can we build a cabin section this wide?"
"We can, but the diameter of the Falcon 9 is only 3.7 meters. Such a large space station, almost 8 meters wide with the fairing, is too big. The Heavy Falcon has enough lift capacity, but it can't launch it."
Ma said nothing, just propped his chin with his hand, thumb resting on the tip of his nose.
SpecaX had always prided itself as an explorer of the heavens, and even the repeated failures of the Falcon 9 had not shaken his confidence. But the emergence of Xinyuan Company truly put great pressure on Ma.
The upcoming Heavy Falcon was enough to compete with the New Yuan-2 rocket, but it was the limit for this configuration, and the rocket body was not as good as the rival's.
