The first stage of the rocket, the one that landed at the launch tower, is about 70 meters tall, equivalent to a 25-story building. Reusing rockets makes our access to space much cheaper.
Another successful test flight of Starship, and this time both parts of the rocket safely returned to Earth. Starship is not just a new cool rocket; it has the potential to transform humanity.
In the short term, Starship will reduce the cost of sending a kilo to space to two to three percent of what it was a few years ago.
SpaceX's revolutionary new spacecraft, Starship, took another step forward in its latest test flight. For the first time, it reached orbital velocity.
News media focus on the explosions, providing a skewed view of the progress made during the second test flight of Starship.