Aug 292019
Bah-bwuuuuuhhh?
Aiming for 20km flight in Oct & orbit attempt shortly thereafter. Starship update will be on Sept 28th, anniversary of SpaceX reaching orbit. Starship Mk 1 will be fully assembled by that time.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 28, 2019
That’s rather remarkable. It’s miraculously fast by NASA standards.
Also of note: Musk is saying the vehicle *after* Starship/Super Heavy will be 18 meters in diameter, twice that of SH. This would seem to put it well beyond Saturn v and into the Nova/Post-Saturn scale of booster. One might wonder if they’re thinking about a sizable SSTO vehicle that can serve as a boost-back booster for heavier upper stages.