Visitors see that Starship Mega Rocket was prepared from Spacex for a StarBase test in Boca Chika, Texas, Sunday, March 2, 2025.
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The latest SPACEX launch of Starship has been postponed, the largest missile that has ever built.
The company, which was founded by Elon Musk, was preparing again to launch a successful missile on Monday evening. No explanation was provided for the reason for the delay by Spacex, although the delay was not uncommon during endeavors.
“Standing from a flying test today. The spacecraft team determines the best opportunity for aviation”, Spacex He said in a post on x.
If the oral vehicle jumped on Monday, this would be the firing of the eighth missiles. During the last attempt in mid -January, the catastrophic failure was overcoming the Caribbean Sea with the wreckage.
The missile known as Starship is known, and its length is just over four hundred feet. It is made of stainless steel and is designed for one day that can be fully and quickly reused – which means that the missile and the high heavy supporter can be launched again after hours of return from space.
This car radically reduces the cost of launching satellites and people to orbit. In the short term, SpaceX plans to use Starship to expand its fleet from Starlink Internet significantly. NASA also has The company pushed Billions for the development of the spacecraft to the moon’s land for Artemis’ tasks coming to the moon.
But the ultimate goal of the spacecraft is to get humans to Mars. ELON Musk Spacex Founded with a dream of making life multi -edition, a dream of repeating it discussion On Joe Rogan’s experience on February 28.
Musk said: “We are at this time period, where, for the first time in the history of the Earth for a period of four billion years, it is possible to extend awareness outside our home planet.” “This window may be open for a long time, or it may be open for a short time.”
Musk said that he hopes to be able to launch one or more of the crawling championships that are not closed to the Red Planet in November 2026, when the Earth and Mars are in close alignment.
“We will try to go as soon as possible,” said Rogan.
Tim Farrar, head of TMF Associats, who tracks commercial space, says the speed is essential to the StarsHip development process. Spacex says “move quickly and break things.” “You can accomplish a lot if you are ready to bear a lot of risks,” he says.
The fast strategy was shown, but it has after the last launch on January 16. While she was heading towards the edge of space, the fire suddenly caught fire and exploded. The vacationers in the Turks and the burning wreckage caught On the video As is involved across the sky. The falling wreckage also forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to close a wide range of airspace along the rocket flight. More than ten commercial trips were transferred as a result of the closure.
in statement Last week, Spacex said that the fire began in an uncompromising section at the back of the missile. Spacex said it believes that the fire is caused by fuel leakage, which was created in turn due to a strong vibration in the missile’s body. The company says it has made adjustments to both devices and operating procedures to prevent similar failure to move forward. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that it allows the last airline to move forward, even with the investigation of the accident.
The flight test also comes at a time when many current Spacex employees have been appointed to work in FAA, as part of Elon Musk’s efforts to reform parts of the United States government. The presence of Spacex engineers was first reported by WirelessWho said They are brought as “Senior Advisors”. It is not clear what their roles may have.
One of the engineers, Ted Malaska, Posted on X He was “working without biases for the safety of the people who fly.” In recent days, Malasaka was also published series to Created the pictures From Starship using GROK, AI Chatbot is integrated into the X -Mousse X.
FAA did not respond immediately to request a comment on SpaceX employees, however Politico story It states that, as part of their work, they are prevented from the FAA section that oversees the distance of commercial space.
If things go according to the plan during the next launch attempt, Starship will fly to the edge of the space, while the heavy supporter returns to the launch board where it will be seized by a pair of automatic weapons. During her flights above Earth, you will try to spread four simloma satellites. This will re -enter the Earth’s atmosphere and land in the Indian Ocean near Australia.