Riding off the high of an epic test flight, rocket billionaire Elon Musk revealed upcoming plans for Starship's enhanced reusability.
Following a groundbreaking test flight of Starship in which the booster was caught mid-air by a huge metal tower, SpaceX is already planning on doing the same for the rocket’s upper stage to make way for full reusability of its heavy launch vehicle.on Sunday, October 13, at 8:25 a.m. ET from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas for the rocket’s fifth test flight.
“Starship achieved a precise, soft landing in the ocean, paving the way for return to launch site and being caught by the tower arms, like the booster,” Muskin a later post on Friday. “Full & rapid reusability improves the cost of access to orbit & beyond by >10,000%. It is the fundamental technology breakthrough needed to make life multiplanetary and for us to become a true spacefaring civilization.
second test flight resulted in the in-flight destruction of both the Super Heavy booster and upper stage, Starship successfully performed a stage separation, completed a full-duration burn of the second-stage engines, demonstrated internal propellant transfer for NASA, and tested the Starlink dispenser door. Starship’scompared to its previous test flights, with the rocket largely surviving peak heating and max aerodynamic pressure during its controlled reentry.
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