About a month ago, SpaceX launched the first hop test for one of its Starship prototypes, and now it has repeated this feat. The SN6 looks like its predecessor the SN5, missing both the nasal cone and the fins, making them look like a rocket-propelled silo at an altitude of about 500 feet above the ground. Elon Musk in a tweet – calling the previous prototype the Flying Water Tower – Tweeted “Turns out you can make anything fly haha.”
Starship’s second 150th flight test pic.twitter.com/ROa0kQZXLI
– SpaceX (SpaceX) September 4, 2020
Boka Chika, video of the event, TX has been captured by both outside observers and SpaceX itself, which also provides some camera mera angles captured from the vehicle itself. After some short time, Musk said the next step would be to apply the missing flips and try alt altitude high altitude tests. The plan is that its starship will eventually be able to have multiple flights in one day, possibly starting with spaceports on the ocean, but we haven’t gotten there yet.
