People are selling chunks of SpaceX's exploded Starship on eBay.
Futurism reports that recovered ceramic heat shield tiles are being offered for thousands of dollars.
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Ship 30's static fire over the new Massey's Test site flame trench. As viewed from its windward side.
Getting ready for IFT-5.
IFT-6 orbital test flight is NET November 18, 2024.
Local launch window opening at 1600. Allows for Ship 31 to flip and land in daylight in the Indian Ocean.
Raptor relight added as an objective (needed to prove the upper stage can do a safe orbital insertion and de-orbit). Booster 13 will attempt RTLS and landing at OLM 1 just like Booster 12.
#Space #Astrodon #SpaceX #Starship #ElonMusk #IFT6
After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans
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Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an earlier failed launch littered beaches and roads.
https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-starship-explosions-uk-turks-caicos-faa-launches?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SpaceX #Starship #UK #Britain #ElonMusk #Musk #FAA #Aviation #Space
I know space is hard, but 1 of 9 getting to orbit when the owner is fine with gutting the US to get to Mars isn't filling me with confidence. Or that he lies about everything else regarding his companies. FSD? 2016 landing on Mars?
#SpaceX Loses Control of #Starship, Adding to #Spacecraft’s *Mixed* Record
Much was riding on Flight 9 for #ElonMusk’s giant moon & #Mars rocket after debris from January & March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting #AirTravel.
#fail
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/science/spacex-starship-launch-elon-musk-mars.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=FCD748A2-B4FE-4B39-A06C-A6FB2DF716B6
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is a song co-written by #DianeWarren and #AlbertHammond and recorded by American #rock band #Starship for their second studio album, #NoProtection (1987). It is a #powerBallad duet featuring vocalists #GraceSlick and #MickeyThomas and is the soundtrack to the 1987 romantic-comedy film #Mannequin. The song reached number one on the US #Billboard Hot 100, Warren's first single to do so. Elsewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVQ9VMU34iE