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That came later after the MCT and then ITS acronyms. There's a history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship_development

> That came later after the MCT and then ITS acronyms

I believe there was a BFR originally [1], and it just returned later. But the real old one was the Falcon X and Falcon XX [2], which were to use the "Merlin 2" engine (giant RP/LOX engine a la the saturn V).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Mars_program#Early_heav...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Falcon_X&oldid=38...

Big Falcon Rocket, to be spoken with only the straightest of faces.

Really wish they'd kept the BFR/BFB terminology, as that's what my shirts say. ;)