SpaceX's Elon Musk says the first orbital flight of his towering Starship could come in another month or two.
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
"There will probably be a few bumps in the road, but we want to iron those out with satellite missions and test missions" before putting people on board, he said. The full-size Starships are massive — taller than NASA's past and present moon rockets, with approximately double the liftoff thrust.
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