Interview with Joe Tegtmeyer.Another Setback for Starship Flight 12?
What Happened Now? | 18:11
Ellie in Space | 223K subscribers | 32,205 views | May 3, 2026
Posted on 05/04/2026 12:40:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Interview with Joe Tegtmeyer.
Another Setback for Starship Flight 12?
What Happened Now? | 18:11
Ellie in Space | 223K subscribers | 32,205 views | May 3, 2026
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[snip] ...different than what we've seen in the past is, you know, they've been wanting to accelerate and they've been willing to take certain risks, and we've seen how that has worked out for the first 11 flights. This flight is different. I think that there's too many stakes for them to, uh, take the same level of risk that they've done before. So, I think they're going to be more methodical, more deliberate, and more cautious to get this thing to launch so it's 100% successful... and we know what NASA's trying to do. We've now completed Artemis 2. Artemis 3 looks like it's going to happen, but now towards the end of 2027... we also know that SpaceX is, uh, pivoting to the orbital AI data centers, which means that they need to have Starship working to be able to deploy those satellites, and... next generation versions of the Starlinks, and only the Starship can do that... their drone ships... they're redirecting it to be able to be used to transport Starship out to Kennedy Space Center... And then on top of that, you have the IPO, and we know that when a company goes public, there's a lot of interest, and there's a lot of investors, a lot of people that are interested and have a part of the company, and their tolerance for risk is different than when it's a private company. [/snip]
Tolerance of risk.
Shareholders put on the brakes?
Call me Mrs. Doubtfire.
Somewhat misleading title. A minor delay due to a stuck pressure relief valve in the new pad water dedluge system. Very minimal delay. Nothing to do with the rocket itself. Still looking to go within the May launch window.
“dedluge” should be “deluge.”
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