Starship’s 10th test flight has deployed simulated satellites for the first time, and splashed down on target in the Indian Ocean, achieving SpaceX’s primary objectives after months of failed attempts, many ending in fiery explosions. Plans for Starship’s involvement in the future Moon landings remain badly behind schedule, and not everything went according to plan. Nevertheless, the largely successful flight will quieten talk of redesigning the Artemis Mission to avoid dependence on Starship, at least for a while. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Elon Musk has promoted Starship as the vehicle that will take humans to Mars , and many have endorsed the claim , despite the vast array of unaddressed issues for such a

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