Posted on 08/27/2019 3:45:43 PM PDT by Moonman62
The test was done in Boca Chica, TX.
The rocket body was built by a company that builds water towers.
The rocket engine was built by SpaceX and is the most advanced in the world.
SpaceX is building two Starship orbital prototypes, one in Boca Chica, and the other in Cocoa, FL. They should fly by the end of the year.
Thing looks like one of those 1930’s comic book rockets.
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Yep. It’s stainless steel and lands on its tail.
Baby steps my FRiend. Baby steps. First Star Hopper, them Starship. Then we conquer the Solar System. (Yes, that includes Pluto). The Imperial Star Destroyers will ultimately follow.
Thank-you for the info.
Awesome! Shades of Buck Rogers...
Then we conquer Mecca, then we conquer the Solar System.
It’s only flying as God and Robert Heinlein intended - and NASA tried to keep from happening until the wheels came off the Shuttle program.
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