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About a month ago, SpaceX conducted a first jump test for one of its Starship prototypes, and now it has repeated the feat. The SN6 looks a lot like its predecessor SN5 in that both are missing a nose cone and fins, making them look like a rocket-powered silo that rises about 500 feet above the ground. In a tweet, Elon Musk, who called an earlier prototype a flying water tower, tweeted “Turns out you can blow anything up haha.”
Second Starship 150m Flight Test pic.twitter.com/ROa0kQZXLI
– SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 4, 2020
Video of the event in Boca Chica, TX has been captured by both outside observers and SpaceX itself, which also provides some camera angles captured from the vehicle itself. After a few short jumps, Musk has said the next step will be to apply the missing flaps and attempt high altitude tests. The plan is that your starship will eventually be capable of multiple flights in one day, possibly launching from spaceports at sea, but we have not yet succeeded.
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