Starship: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
<p>Last Saturday, at 7 am, thousands of people gathered at Boca Chica and started expectantly into the early morning sky to witness history. The world’s largest-ever rocket, SpaceX’s Starship, was set to reattempt an orbital space flight after its previous catastrophic failure in April. Hopes were high that this time, this revolutionary vehicle could make it to the heavens and kickstart a new era of super-heavy space flight. But, just 8 minutes into the 90-minute mission, both stages of the rocket exploded, dashing any hopes of reaching orbit or proving that either stage could successfully land and be reused after a full-scale launch (which is the central design aspect of Starship). Despite these setbacks, SpaceX has claimed the launch was a success. So, was it?</p>
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