“World’s most advanced bakery [@SpaceX] Our fully automated bakery in Florida is setup to produce thousands of heat shield tiles per day to outfit the coming fleet of Starship vehicles”
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“This is V2 Starship. V3 hopefully launches end of year. [@SpaceX] Starship moved to the launch site at Starbase for preflight testing”
“Absolutely [@fermatslibrary] SpaceX's Starship has the potential to accelerate astrophysics research by decades. In this week's paper, the authors highlight Starship's substantial payload capacity (+100t) and cost-effective launch model, could allow NASA to deploy next-generation space telescopes much”
“SpaceX will launch over 90% of all of Earth’s payload mass to orbit this year. China will be ~5% and rest of world, including rest of America, around 5%. When Starship is launching at high rate, SpaceX will probably carry >99% of Earth’s payload mass to orbit. This is… [@esherifftv] The FAA has released a draft environmental assessment to increase Falcon 9 launches at SLC-40 from 50 to 120 and to build a new landing zone at SLC-40.”
“Too many question marks about this flight and then we were 20 bar low on ground spin start pressure. Best to destack, inspect both stages and try again in a day or two. [@SpaceX] Standing down from today’s flight test attempt. Starship team is determining the next best available opportunity to fly)”
“Starship is the biggest flying object ever made [@teslaownersSV] Rockets of the world, The scale of the Starship is insane. 🤯🤯”
“Congrats @SpaceX team and thank you @USSpaceForce! [@SpaceX] We’ve received approval to develop Space Launch Complex-37 for Starship operations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Construction has started. With three launch pads in Florida, Starship will be ready to support America’s national security and Artemis goals as the world’s… https://x.com/i/web/status/1995641577591767181”
“It is [@teslaownersSV] “Starship is the key to making life multiplanetary and protecting the light of consciousness. Elon Musk )”
“Getting closer to Starship launch! 🚀 [@SpaceX] Initial Super Heavy V3 and Starbase Pad 2 activation campaign complete, wrapping up several days of testing that loaded cryogenic fuel and oxidizer on a V3 vehicle for the first time. While the 10-engine static fire ended early due to a ground-side issue, we saw successful”
“Tracking to launch Starship mid August [@SpaceX] Starship single-engine static fire demonstrating an in-space burn complete on Pad 1 at Starbase”
“Explaining Starship [@SpaceX] SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Watch @ElonMusk and @Boca_Bill_R discuss SpaceX’s mission”
“We are honing in on the V3 Starship design. @SpaceX is tracking to a Starship launch rate of once a week in ~12 months. That will yield ~100 tons to @Starlink orbit with full reusability. Profound breakthrough. [@MarcusHouse] I'm not sure people really understand the ridiculous pace with SpaceX breaking new records almost every week. Can you imagine what it is going to be like with 2 (or soon even 3) Starship launch towers active!? 🚀 It's going to be nuts! Let's go! 🤯 https://youtu.be/ygwKEKu-6wg”
“Starship is the largest flying object ever made and it will continue to grow [@teslaownersSV] Rockets of the world,,, The scale of the Starship is insane. 🤯🤯”
“So good to see the improved forward flaps [@SpaceX] Starship moved to the pad at Starbase ahead of its eighth flight test )”
“128m (420 ft) is inevitable, as foretold in the prophecy [@teslaownersSV] Starship the largest and most rocket ever built. )”
“Current Starship is more than twice as powerful as the Saturn V Moon rocket. Starship V3, which hopefully flies in about a year, will be 3X more powerful.”
“Starship 10 launching tonight [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's tenth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-10”
“Starship V3 booster & ship will be ready for their first test flight in a few weeks [@XFreeze] Both Starship and the Super Heavy Booster have successfully completed the static fire tests and are ready to take to the skies Every test brings us one step closer to making humanity multi-planetary "Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the real world" —”
“🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 [@SecDuffyNASA] In 2027, we WILL return American astronauts to the Moon. We won yesterday's space race. We'll win today's space race against China, and we'll always win tomorrow's space race. @SpaceX's Starship test flight success moves us one step closer toward achieving that goal.”
“Was up all night with SpaceX team working on Starship tank dome production (most difficult part of primary structure). Dawn arrives … https://t.co/SzyDSYUYOu”
“Starship lunar variant update [@SpaceX] Starship continues to simultaneously be the fastest path to returning humans to the surface of the Moon and a core enabler of the Artemis program’s goal to establish a permanent, sustainable presence on the lunar surface → http://spacex.com/updates/#moon-and-beyond”
“Starship launch in ~17 minutes! [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's ninth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-9”
“HAL opened the pod bay doors ❤️ [@SpaceX] Open the pod bay door, HAL Starship deploying @Starlink simulator sats”
“🚀 💫 [@SawyerMerritt] Watching the Starship booster be caught by the first tower and the ship be caught by the second tower later this year is going to be beautiful ☀️ )”
“Starship will also launch from Florida! [@SpaceX] Space Launch Complex 37 has a storied history in spaceflight, and will soon be part of launching Starship from Florida”
“Bring any photo to life in 15 seconds with @Grok Imagine! [@BigImpactHumans] Famous photograph of SpaceX engineers working on Starship, brought to life with Grok Imagine 🪄”
“Starship Flight 11 about to liftoff! [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's eleventh flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11”
“Tower arms are lifting Starship onto Super Heavy Booster https://t.co/kJacH9sRBI”
“Starship flight test 8 tomorrow evening [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's eighth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-8)”
“Hustling to get Starship Booster 7 back to pad to test outer ring of 20 engines”
“This will be so awesome 🤩 [@tobyliiiiiiiiii] SpaceX is now shifting their priorities into building a Moon Base - doing so in less than a decade. This proposal from the ISU involves converting a Starship into a lunar base, Skylab-style. Starship’s ~1000m^ 3 of pressurized volume would result in a copious base.”
“🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 [@SpaceX] Liftoff of Super Heavy, the most powerful launch vehicle in history, on Starship’s tenth flight test”
“Just leaving SpaceX Starship build site in Boca https://t.co/Bqt40mSdX4”
“Great work by the SpaceX team!! [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's tenth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-10”
“Preparing to fire the Starship Raptor engine at @SpaceX Texas https://t.co/8JCOi1BG6z”
“We have a lot of star things 😂 [@DimaZeniuk] ELON MUSK: “We kind of have a lot of Star things, you know, so we get Starlink, Starship. Starbase is probably the coolest place on Earth. It's only like three feet above sea level. So we built a gigantic rocket factory and two giant launch towers down by the river, literally… https://x.com/i/web/status/1998658224027771107”
“@teslaownersSV SpaceX will be ready to launch Starship in a few weeks, then launch timing depends on FAA license approval. Assuming that takes a few weeks, first launch attempt will be near end of third week of April, aka …”
“Congrats to SpaceX for completing & documented the 57 items required by the FAA for Flight 2 of Starship! Worth noting that 6 of the 63 items refer to later flights. https://t.co/YlPg3ywCZE”
“Please send your resume to BuildStarship@spacex.com if you’re coming to the Starship career day in Boca Chica tomorrow”
“@SciGuySpace Provided there is no serious launch anomaly, SpaceX will deliver 80% of Earth’s payload to orbit this year. Not counting Starship.”
“SpaceX - Starship's Tenth Flight Test https://t.co/nclVnLjNmC https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-10”
“@PPathole Starship booster, largest flying object ever designed, will be caught out of sky by launch tower. Big step forward, as reflight can be done in under an hour.”
“Just came across this pretty good CNBC piece on SpaceX & Starship https://t.co/RELYzC40M9 https://youtu.be/LgXtMtLdDxc”
“Starship technical update [@SpaceX] The seventh flight test of Starship ended before reaching its ambitious goals. Lessons learned are being applied to future vehicles to make them more reliable. A technical summary of the investigation can be found here → http://spacex.com/updates/#flight-7-report)”
“@PPathole Starship is the key to making life multiplanetary & protecting the light of consciousness”
“Attempting 10th flight test! [@SpaceX] Watch Starship's tenth flight test → http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-10”
“@aubreystrobel Yes, public viewing of Starship is easy from South Padre Island and the view is excellent. Also, the rocket factory and launch towers are right by a public highway.”
“@johnkrausphotos @SpaceX Starship Flight 3 hardware should be ready to fly in 3 to 4 weeks. There are three ships in final production in the high bay (as can be seen from the highway).”
“Good shot of @SpaceX Starship flight test vehicle being assembled in Boca Chica, Texas”
“@PPathole @SpaceX SpaceX team is doing great work! One day, the true measure of success will be that Starship flights are commonplace.”
