Teams at SpaceX’s South Texas Launch Site, dubbed “Starbase,” briefly stacked the reusable mars rocket Starship for the first time on August 6th. The fully assembled rocket consists of the 50 meter tall Starship orbiter sitting atop the 70 meter tall Super Heavy booster. Their combined heights make Starship the … [continued]
To construct any meaningful title for this article was quite the challenge, because what I am about to describe to you has forced me to bend my mind in ways it has not been bent before, so in this context it was very convenient to be able mix the concept … [continued]
In previous articles, we covered that SpaceX bought two offshore oil rigs, with plans to modify them into floating launch and landing facilities for Starship. We weren’t 100% sure where 8501/Phobos was, but thanks to our readers, we now know where it is.
SpaceX bought two used oil rigs that were available near its Boca Chica launch facility. The plan is to convert them into floating launch and landing facilities for SpaceX’s Starship and its booster, Super Heavy.
Zero-emissions vehicles are great for the environment, and Tesla makes a lot of them. Elon Musk also owns SpaceX, so people are naturally going to lump them together in their minds. When someone sees a rocket launch, it’s obviously not a zero-emission event. As Jerry Lee Lewis says, “Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!”
The dialog below is inspired by Steven Mark Ryans’ brilliant take on Elon Musk’s Neuralink progress update on Friday, August 28th, 2020.
No, you don’t have to worry about emissions from SpaceX’s Mars rocket. It’s actually a green machine.
SpaceX’s presentation on Saturday night in Boca Chica was an exciting and uplifting event that focused mainly on development changes since last year’s “Dear Moon” event for their rocket, Starship. I was at the Boca Chica event to report back on the updates for CleanTechnica.
