SpaceX chief ElonMusk has offered a new date for when he thinks the next-generation Starship rocket will be able to attempt its first orbital test flight.
While Elon Musk’s space mission target dates tend to slip more than a loose pair of pants, he does of course call it right eventually.
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship vehicle is destined for crewed missions to the moon and Mars, with a lunar touchdown expected to take place in the next few years.SpaceX chief Musk has dropped a number of predictions for Starship’s first orbital test flight, but each one has sailed rapidly by like a plastic bag caught in the wind. Now set to miss the March date that he once expressed, Musk said this week he believes Starship will finally head skyward in May. This May, that is.
However, there is one other issue that could yet through a spanner in the works. It concerns the Federal Aviation Administration, which is still conducting an environmental review to determine the suitability of SpaceX’s Boca Chica site in Texas for rocket launches of this magnitude. The result of the review is expected before the end of March. If it goes in favor of SpaceX, then Musk’s May forecast may hold.
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