After last week’s accident involving Starship SN9 in the High Bay combined with the rapid progress of the next batch of prototypes, it’s fair to wonder what SpaceX’s plan is to wrap up 2020. Both Pad A and Pad B are operational at the launch site. SpaceX clarified as much in a release on its website just prior to the SN8 test flight and CEO Elon Musk has also said in response to a tweet from RGV Aerial Photography that such a situation will occur “real soon.” It will be real soon — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 30, 2020 Also,…
Author: Zachary Jay
Zachary Jay
Hey there! My name is Zachary and I've been in love with the space industry since childhood. SpaceX has rekindled that excitement and I'm glad to get to share it with you!
Just days after SpaceX’s SN8 (Starship Number 8) put on a thrilling display in the skies over Boca Chica, the company has run into a small situation with its next fully built-out prototype, SN9. The fully-assembled prototype had been resting in the High Bay (the tallest of three massive storage/assembly buildings) at the production facility when cameras from YouTuber and local resident LabPadre caught the 160+ foot tall craft falling forward and colliding with the building’s walls. Exclusive video of SN9 tipping in High Bay. Just a minor faux pas. #SpaceX #Starship #BocaChica #Texas https://t.co/JaFLQLZLfA — LabPadre (@LabPadre) December 11,…
Over the last 60 years, Earthlings have witnessed improbable successes in the field of rocketry, science and astronomy. We’ve literally put a probe into interstellar space (thank you, Voyager 2) where it is still sending back reading of what it sees out there. Let that sink in. We’ve put humans on the moon. We’ve put multiple pieces of equipment and rovers on Mars. News of something else getting to the red planet is almost overlooked, unthinkably, in light of other current events or happenings. We’ve landed crafts on Venus and, just recently, have taken samples from asteroids and returned…