Possibly within a week, according to Musk
Starship is SpaceX’s long-awaited flagship spacecraft that’s designed to take astronauts and payloads to deep space — including the Moon and, of course, Mars. Most importantly, the parts are designed to be reusable, and it is paired with a massive booster known as the Super Heavy to get it off the Earth’s surface.
SpaceX’s Starship is fully prepped for testing at the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Starship had been, including a major setback last summer when the Federal Aviation Authority determined there would be some environmental impact around the base. But now all that’s left to get Starship and Super Heavy off the ground is a license from the FAA. “The FAA will make a license determination only after the agency is satisfied SpaceX meets all licensing, safety and other regulatory requirements,” an FAA spokesperson stated in an email
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