Elon Musk doesn’t lose hope of reaching the Moon (VIDEO)

SpaceX’s Starship rocket might make its fourth flight in 3-5 weeks, CEO Elon Musk stated in a publish on social media platform X. “The objective is for the automobile to achieve most warmth or at the least journey additional than final time,” Musk stated in response to a query regarding Starship.

Starship is a next-generation reusable spacecraft designed to move astronauts to the Moon and past.

Thought-regarding extra risk-tolerant than many established aerospace gamers, SpaceX’s engineering tradition is constructed on a flight-test technique by which spacecraft are pushed to failure following which improved by frequent repeat take a look at flights.

In March this yr, the Starship launch automobile went additional than ever on its third take a look at flight into house, however disintegrated on its return to Earth. SpaceX is now awaiting a launch license from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is outwardly nonetheless investigating the occasions that occurred in the course of the earlier Starship launch. The corporate is required to analyze every take a look at mission failure and supply the FAA with its findings and corrective actions earlier than the automobile can fly once more.

In November 2023, Musk’s firm suffered a high-profile setback when its Tremendous Heavy rocket exploded following stage separation occurred two minutes following launch. About 10 minutes later, SpaceX reported that communication with the second stage, the Starship, was misplaced.



So within the distant future, colonists on Mars will observe rocket launches to their native Earth.