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Starship - The Journey Begins
2019-10-31
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retired Starship hopper on the left, 1/2 of second stage of Starship 1 test article on the right. By nightfall it was on the launch platform. Today, Halloween, the top half of the second stage might be moved. Then the wings and stuff. I am guessing a month or so of pressurization and fueling test (Hopper had about 4 months) then a test flight of the 2nd stage before the end of the year. A point of context is that the USAF considers this a virtual rocket and refused bids on it for USAF work. The USAF considers Vulcan and OmegA which are still mainly paper and no visible testing to be the Real rockets. Heh!


A late edit. Looks like the top half will not move today. See photo of the highway below:


Posted by:3dc

#2  We built this city, don't stop believing.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-10-31 16:35  

#1  First stage will not show up until the 4th or 5th test article. The second stage might even make it to single empty stage in orbit by that time. (If they can do major weight reduction by 4th or 5th test stage.) Note most rocket's second stages are about the size of the truck in the front of the photo and this is only 1/2 the second stage.
Posted by: 3dc   2019-10-31 07:39  

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