WaPost confirms that FAA approval has been granted.
Village evacuation ordered, TFR issued, weather looks good.
Good chance of a Starship launch today! Window opens 14:00 UK time
If/when the official SpaceX channel goes live, we won't know when till it happens.Is there going to be a countdown or something?
It will be the biggest rocket ever flown, fully reusable. Designed (seriously) for colonising Mars.Can someone concisely outline the significance of this launch to me? I haven't really been paying attention to space stuff recently.
I wish to dispute this bit ! Not very reusableIt will be the biggest rocket ever flown, fully reusable.
yet!I wish to dispute this bit ! Not very reusable
If this is the upper stage - it will not take off by itself in real use, is that right? So have they designed an upper stage that can take off by itself, just for experimental purposes?It will be the biggest rocket ever flown, fully reusable. Designed (seriously) for colonising Mars.
This is the second test flight of the upper stage. THe last test flight went smoothly right up to landing, which it just missed and went boom