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It's time we had a thread for this amazing company – a place to collate all the news and progress.

Here's their latest promotional video, showing the massive Starship, which is set to become the largest rocket ever built.

Musk said in a recent interview he believes that SpaceX will land humans on Mars within five (best case) to 10 years (worst case).

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Elon Musk: Starship rocket close to going orbital

7 hours ago

Elon Musk is hopeful he can launch his new monster rocket system in perhaps a couple of months from now.

In a presentation made while standing in front of what he calls the Starship, the US entrepreneur said the vehicle was close technically to being ready.

Much depends now on the Federal Aviation Administration. It's the licensing authority and it will not issue a permission to fly until an environmental assessment is complete.

This should report back by March.

"I think we're tracking to have the regulatory approval and hardware readiness around the same time," he told the audience at his SpaceX company's R&D facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60340092


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A dream... that may one day become real.

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Stacking of Starship 24 and Booster 7 on October 12, 2022.

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wjfox wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:57 pm
Someday titanic rockets will be burning for touchdown like that, carrying dozens of returning astronauts.

Probably from equally titanic infrastructure in our orbit or on the Moon's surface. Or Mars
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