'I'm not saying it will get to orbit but I am guaranteeing excitement'.
Starship is part of the private space firm's plans to eventually send humans to Mars by drastically cutting launch costs with a fully reusable megarocket. Before reaching the red planet, the rocket, which is poised to become the world's most powerful operational rocket, will also send humans to the moon for the first time since 1972.
It's now more than 18 months since a Starship prototype last lifted off as part of a series of high-altitude flight and landing tests beginning in 2021. Those test flights were never intended to go to orbit, though they did lead to a few explosive landing attempts as well as a series of impressive belly flop maneuvers.
The upcoming orbital test flight will be the first time SpaceX attempts to reach orbit with Starship. It will also be the first time the company launches its Super Heavy booster, which is the first stage that will propel the Starship upper stage to orbit."I'm not saying it will get to orbit but I am guaranteeing excitement," Musk said during the call, as
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