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<\/div>Starship Update<\/h2>
According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company will give an update on its Starship spacecraft in about three weeks.<\/p>
“The design has coalesced,” Musk tweeted<\/a>. “What is presented will actually be what flies to orbit as V1.0 with almost no changes.”<\/p> SpaceX has been churning out prototype after prototype to get Starship off the ground. Previous prototypes, such as SN5 and SN6, have already completed<\/a> “hops” to 150 meters (about 500 feet).<\/p> The company is currently working on SN8, which is being prepared for a much more ambitious test flight to 12 miles<\/a>. But there’s still no indication when such a test will take place.<\/p> The design was recently outfitted with two flaps<\/a> and rolled out onto the launch pad. The flaps will help it slow its descent back down to Earth during a daring “belly-flop” maneuver.<\/p> Starship is designed to carry up to 100 passengers or 100 tons to faraway places including the Moon and Mars.<\/p> Before — or if — it ultimately makes the long journey to Mars, a lunar lander variant of Starship is being considered<\/a> by NASA to carry American astronauts to the Moon as part of its Artemis program as soon as 2024.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Elon Musk says an update for its Starship spacecraft development program is coming in 3 weeks<\/a> [TechCrunch<\/em>]<\/p> More on Starship:<\/strong> Watch a SpaceX Starship Test Tank Explode Spectacularly<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Elon Musk: “Starship Update Coming in 3 Weeks”<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read the original post: Starship Update According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company will give an update on its Starship spacecraft in about three weeks. Continue reading Belly Flop<\/h2>
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