Spaceflight 🚀Jun 12, 2024
The first #Starhopper flight was in 📆 2019. First #Starship landing (without #RUD 💥) 📆 2021. First #atmospheric entry 📆 2024. When do you expect the first (uncrewed) Starship #Mars 🔴 landing attempt ? 🤔
2025
1%
2027
25.3%
2029
24.2%
> 2030
49.5%
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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jun 12, 2024

"this will enable us to increase 📈our production rate significantly as we build toward our long-term goal of producing one Ship per day" https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-one-a-day-starfactory

#SpaceX #Starship

SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship megarocket a day with new Starfactory

"This will enable us to increase our production rate significantly as we build toward our long-term goal of producing one Ship per day."

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Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Jun 14, 2024
Some time next year, #NASA believes SpaceX will be ready to link two #Starships 🚀🚀 in orbit for an ambitious refueling ⛽ demonstration. #SpaceX is planning to build an additional launch tower at #Starbase in #Texas, and at least two Starship pads on #Florida's Space Coast https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/nasa-exploration-chief-lays-out-next-steps-for-starship-development/2/
NASA lays out how SpaceX will refuel Starships in low-Earth orbit

"The fundamental flow mechanism is the pressure delta across the umbilical."

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Show threadEric J. KorpelaJun 14, 2024
@spaceflight I hope the refueling tests are in a very low orbit so any debris created doesn't stay in orbit long.
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@SETIEric docking port parts, or do you expect an explosion as of a fuel line leak ?
Jun 15, 2024 at 9:56amWeb
Show threadEric J. KorpelaJun 15, 2024
@spaceflight Early Space-X tests tend to be explosive.