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Starship Flight 11 successful

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  1. sqew
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    Linked to SpaceX site since they have a direct link to the video. Super cool, once again. No burn through on the fins this time, it looked like.

    Linked to SpaceX site since they have a direct link to the video. Super cool, once again. No burn through on the fins this time, it looked like.

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  2. Eric_the_Cerise
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    Last flight of the "Version 2" ship. Starting with "Version 3" early next year, specifically designed for in-orbit refuelling -- which is actually the most important technological barrier to...

    Last flight of the "Version 2" ship. Starting with "Version 3" early next year, specifically designed for in-orbit refuelling -- which is actually the most important technological barrier to landing one of these on the Moon for NASA.

    Biggest news was actually the announcement that they've finished building a second launch facility, and are now working on significant upgrades to the first one, which will allow for much faster launch cadence in testing and--ultimately--for the dozen+ rapid-fire launches required to fully refuel one of these things in orbit.