Musk Downplays Expectations For Successful Starship/Super Heavy Debut

Starship
Credit: SpaceX
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas—On the eve of the first integrated flight test of the reusable Starship/Super Heavy transportation system, SpaceX chief engineer, CEO and founder Elon Musk said his most fervent wish is to not destroy the launchpad. “If there is a very big fireball it will melt the steel...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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