Musk made no promises that the rocket will actually be able to reach orbit, joking that even if the launch fails, it would still be a spectacular sight.
Musk predicts the rocket will be ready to launch from SpaceX’s facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, within a month once it receives its license from the Federal Aviation Administration., joking that even if the launch fails, it would still be a spectacular sight.
Elon Musk joked that there is a 50% chance the SpaceX Starship reaches orbit at the launch after it is approved.A fifth attempt proved successful after a Starship prototype flew 33,000 feet and was able to land upright and gently on its landing pad. Starship is part of SpaceX’s line of vessels poised to be the world’s first fully reusable orbital rockets, with both the ship and its 230-foot-tall booster designed to land themselves back on Earth after the flight.SpaceX via APIt would create billions of dollars in cost-cutting measures for future space ventures and move SpaceX one step closer to fulfilling Musk’s ambition for the crafts to carry people and cargo to the moon and Mars.
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