SpaceX scrubs first attempt to hop its Starship on Monday [Updated]
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We’ll figure out why & retry tomorrow.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 4, 2020Original post: After successfully completing a static fire test of its Starship prototype last Thursday, SpaceX engineers and technicians in Boca Chica have been preparing the vehicle for its first test flight.This brief hop, to an altitude of 150 meters, may come as early as today. Although SpaceX just flew its first astronauts into space and plans to begin private spaceflights on Crew Dragon next year, Musk is looking ahead to Starship and its capability to fly dozens of people at a time into low-Earth orbit and beyond.The prototype now standing on the South Texas launch pad, which is named Serial Number 5, or SN5, has survived a series of ground-based tests that have led to the destruction of previous prototypes in recent months.
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