That is a big day. SpaceX will also be doing a static fire test of its Falcon Heavy rocket tomorrow. It’s scheduled to launch on the 7th.
And it looks like SpaceX did the first static fire and tethered hop of its Starship Hopper this evening in Boca Chica, TX.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1113606734818545664
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1113613409767964673?s=21
It’s all a waste of money. If the same would be spent studying the oceans it would benefit man to no end.
For us older folks this is like a video replay of NASA in the 1960s—this “new technology” excitement is somebody’s bad joke—unless of course the 1960s manned moon “giant step for a man, giant leap for mankind” was the bad joke.
Reproduce the manned moon landing or stop with the hype—time for the countries and private companies to put up or shut up.