Elon Musk's SpaceX tests Starship, most powerful ever rocket system - BBC News

Elon Musk's SpaceX company has performed a key test on its huge new rocket system, Starship.
Engineers conducted a "static fire", simultaneously igniting 31 out of 33 of the engines at the base of the vehicle's lower-segment.
The firing lasted only a few seconds, with everything clamped in place to prevent any movement.
Starship will become the most powerful operational rocket system in history when it makes its maiden flight.
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[@simonyapp]

Not much or any mention of the the fact its designed to be 'totally reuseable' which is the very hard part and the ground braking shift to a far lower cost to oribit!

[@knockedoutloaded]

That would make Elon look good and the BBC simply can't have that. Nevermind, they'll be crying about Andrew Tate again very soon

[@johntheux9238]

Orbital refilling is also an important piece of the puzzle, instead of launching a 150 tons third stage into orbit the ship just launches itself with the empty tank still attached and will weight around 1'470 tons after being refilled. Heck if it's refilled in an high elliptic orbit the capability would be the same as a rocket with 3'000 tons of payload.

[@bal20]

@@knockedoutloaded glad I'm not the only one who's noticed this. He seems to be dismissed as another crazy billionaire jumping on the band wagon. They will be reading about Elon musk in the history books from what I can tell. He has innovated some of the most crucial technologies to places never thought possible. I guess he's just a threat to big corporations and too disruptive to the old big boys

[@kavorka8855]

Reusable? Have you seen it reused yet? No, you haven't. Yes, designd to save money, after spending billions of taxpayers' money.

[@bal20]

The entire design is for it to be reusable. You are aware that the falcon 9 rocket has been being reused for the last 10 years, by space x right? They have achieved everything so far that they have set out to. And starship is still in development so it's not even launched yet. Maybe do your homework man. You know who literally spends billions of tax payers money per launch.. NASA. Compared to that space x will be saving billions. And it's not all tax payers money that they are spending

[@Jimjon24]

Couldn't the BBC for once have an actual expert on these reports? Ffs, "even with 31 engines it will still get to the moon" REALLY?! 😄 that's some mighty impressive delta v there!

[@milan1969]

What Elon has done is during his life is remarkable, carry on SpaceX!

[@yawehodin4037]

What would you buy if you had hundreds of billions of dollars?

[@YannickIgten]

@yaweh odin he don't buy those rockets, he create the rockets, he creates the best tunnel building machines/ electric cars,trucks/ he helped creating the internet he helped creating chat gtp / ai robots / neurotech and lots more. Thousands of people have millions of dollars and what are they buying?

[@YannickIgten]

​@@yawehodin4037 .

[@bal20]

I mean yeah this static fire was a good milestone. Not really news to those that have been following this for years and years

[@lukeclarkson5574]

I highly disagree. The static fire represents the final major milestone tests before starship can launch

[@johnstewart579]

Congratulations Space X. Mars here we come!

[@2vandoodle8]

ha, you still dont quite get it. they are not going to mars and have never been to the moon.

[@milan1969]

@@2vandoodle8 more like skipping the worthless orbit moon.

[@Martin-117]

​@@2vandoodle8 fix your tin hat. It's kinda lopsided there.

[@2vandoodle8]

@@Martin-117 wow thats a good one. you facts just insults when you are told you have been lied to. they have never been to the moon and its not hard to see it was a fraud.

[@gdewyg]

Congratulations to Elon Musk for this development

[@petrichor259]

just elonmusk?

[@kofiampaduthicklenskat9512]

Space X making history always

[@sim.ulation.l279]

is it going to 'sink' like Twitter?

[@gutluckbro9802]

@@sim.ulation.l279 what question is that men

[@davidmclean357]

@@sim.ulation.l279 unlike twitter, there is a physical deliverable. I never understood why Elon would expect the kind of fanatical commitment that made SpaceX (big engineering with a good following and a cause) and Telsa (same as SpaceX in many ways) would apply for Twitter - a business which makes.... nothing, with no cause behind it. I think he confused big causes and big dreams motivating his workforce for personal charisma.

[@sim.ulation.l279]

@@davidmclean357 or more like he watched a lot of cable tv and got brwashed by the rightwing media lies.

[@gurhanweyrah3930]

This is the Elon Musk we all like. The man pushing the boundaries of we are capable of.

[@bazooza]

0:54 Would anyone be able to explain what's going on on the right side of the screen and how that relates? A mistake on the editor's part or am I missing something?

[@karwashblark7499]

Its literally just a live view of their website. So those are the other articles/ads visible in the right column. Pretty weird and unprofessional for them to show it like that, but yeah

[@subilasikwese5459]

😂😂😂 someone forgot to crop that part out

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Oh DAAAAMN IT’S FINALLY HAPPENED.😁 I guess I missed the live-stream. Usually I get told about this before the BBC mentions it. This’s absolutely aaaawesome. It actfreaking did it, ‘and didn’t blow up’. Bravoooo SpaceX 👏🏻👏🏻

[@greensky01]

I totally agree it was a fantastic thing that happened. As someone once said, "Don't beg for things. Do it yourself...or you won't get anything."

[@nicolasdhulst1451]

I was watching the live-stream. 5 hour watch for a 5 second burn :D

[@joermnyc]

Most thrust ever, more like most powerful lockdown clamps ever!

[@Jimjon24]

Not particularly, they overloaded the Lox tank to counter the thrust. The clamps are also surrounding the circumference of the base with load bearing of 250t each, nicely spread out.

[@2vandoodle8]

more like basic cgi.

[@hosamamawi7213]

Not actually the Thrust output was set to ~50%

[@biplabkumarghosh6300]

@@Jimjon24 Why would they design Starship in a way that the LOX tank can be overloaded? That seems like an inefficient design

[@ddandymann]

@@2vandoodle8 How about you go to Boca Chica and find out for yourself? Of course you won't because that would mean proving yourself wrong. Also I doubt conspiracy theorists like you can afford the travel costs to get there.

[@JynxedKoma]

Incorrect journalism. One DID fail to start, but SpaceX switched off the second one manually.

[@RolexGustavo555]

We should support this, may all the missions should be successful, congrats for space x team and elon.

[@public.public]

Maybe it would be better if billionaires paid tax like the rest of us first.

[@1ndragunawan]

@@public.public IRS didn't refute Musk claim of paying his tax.

[@HelipOfficial]

@@public.public tell that to bill gates. Musk already paid his share last year.

[@gutluckbro9802]

@@public.public this man has paid more taxes than any billionare in history

[@jeanclaudejunior]

@Fatima ayesha ENGLISH

[@LQB42]

"about ten seconds"? No it was 4-5 seconds but still a great achievement

[@dewnademand3097]

Very nice information love USA Spacex and Elon Musk sir from Ahiyapur Muzaffarpur Bihar India

[@WeAreHumans-o9i]

We do not accept false information and accusations in this world

[@danix3196]

Congrats SpaceX team

[@joshuam.6027]

It's about time!

[@vietcong6828]

@0:54 did anyone notice the top right?

[@khuramnasar1905]

This is how news should be. That woman explained it perfectly. Thank god

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Failed to mention, they are both supposed to be fully reusable, apart from that was spot-on.

[@nicolasdhulst1451]

​ @Daniel Whyatt They could have shown the successful starship test landing with the super-cool belly_flop and explain the chopstick landing... plenty of animations around... But at least they were positive about it.. reusability indeed biggest missing info!

[@varunganapathi5081]

If ISRO had tested the starship, BBC would have claimed it to be an atomic bomb.

[@drakehonest2]

Hello how are you doing….?

[@azzah771]

This is why tv news doesn’t work. Not enough time to discuss a subject always rushed off to get to the next story

[@cleetorres1351]

Props.for getting a irish person just to say 33 in that way . That's brotish humour

[@stephensfarms7165]

Go SpaceX StarShip ✨✨✨✨

[@briansmith8490]

Go to the Nevada desert that always fools them 😀👍

[@gutluckbro9802]

@@briansmith8490 what

[@briansmith8490]

@@gutluckbro9802 Go to place for " extraterrestrial" filming. 😉

[@tildetechprincipalpathways2153]

Love Elon ❤

[@neptunespace3825]

And people think Twitter is Elon Musk most worries you the world don't know what he capable of.

[@satyabratsingh3806]

Congrats for successful mission.

[@tangoalpha1905]

Interesting. Roscosmos space agency reached the landmark of 100 consecutive successful launches on Thursday, after sending a freighter to the International Space Station (ISS).

[@weekiely1233]

Spacex did that 2 years ago

[@muckraker7942]

Hitler also did rocket stuff. But all we remember is Hitler stuff. See how that works?

[@tangoalpha1905]

@@weekiely1233 - Really? You seem quite knowledgeable on the subject. Which one did it for the lowest cost?

[@tangoalpha1905]

@@muckraker7942 - All plantation slaves remember, is what they're told. All Hail le Supreme virtue of The Six Eye Nation's Managed Plantation Slave Economies.

[@ramr7051]

Least i heard a defective Soyuz will have to return without astronauts due to a defect. Also Soyuz is 60 year old technology, no progress whatsoever in mother Russia ..

[@sothearinnow8853]

Great for future in space

[@2vandoodle8]

it dose not go to space and they never been to the moon.

[@gutluckbro9802]

@@2vandoodle8 It will soon

[@2vandoodle8]

@@gutluckbro9802 if its on tv it must be true. not.

[@gutluckbro9802]

@@2vandoodle8 huh???

[@2vandoodle8]

@@gutluckbro9802 huh???

[@RuiSilva450]

One didn't failed to start. It was the team that canceled the ignition. For all we know the engine was fine and didn't fail

[@yawehodin4037]

"Most powerful ever rocket system", that is most powerful ever for SpaceX, not most powerful ever for NASA.

[@Igor65361]

who else noticed the "weekly quiz: What was tipped to boost sex drive?" at 0:54 My answer would be: STARSHIP!

[@Cxwl9]

The price too stay free of Putin is high but no price is too high when you are fighting for your country.

[@THEDIABLODOG]

No one can understand what a leprechaun is saying

[@u.npeacekeeperball432]

I'm getting atlas vibes from this... from COD AW

[@andyk1882]

Elon musk is legend, hes building bigger and faster rockets than Mr spoon himself

[@SnoopyDoofie]

WAS legend. Not anymore. Twitter killed his aura.

[@Drewgulbas]

@@SnoopyDoofie nah. the more we find out about how toxic the old Twitter leadership was, he's vindicated by the day

[@SnoopyDoofie]

​@@Drewgulbas Dream on. The guy's a turd. He just fired an engineer because he wasn't getting enough views on his profile. No vindication here. Just a guy with his head so far up his ass, he doesn't even know it.

[@LoveAndPositivity777]

@@SnoopyDoofie IS a legend. People hate on him for what he did to twitter. Sure. It's like you guys are forgetting about all the amazing things he's doing

[@SnoopyDoofie]

@@LoveAndPositivity777 Amazing things?? You mean like opening up a factory in China and supporting the evil CCP that is committing genocide and supporting Russia? Nope. He could have opened up a factory in some other country that was pro democratic. Instead he chose to submit to an evil state. And you seriously think he can run Twitter without being forced by the CCP to enforce censorship? The CCP can destroy is factory in China if they want. You simply fantasize too much and ignore the bitter realities of life.

[@branko917]

RIP to those guys who will choose to go to Mars. They will die from radiation poisoning or micrometeorites shower before they get there if something else on the spaceship doesn't break first. The idea to go to a planet without a magnetic field and internal thermal energy is a really DUMB idea because the only energy that you have is what you carry on by yourself. Much better ways for spending money and resources here on earth. Elon Musk should go with them in the front seat driving the spaceship.

[@chrizzbee]

Correction. It is the most powerful rocket system.........IN THE WORLD.

[@rickkwasnicki6063]

Fairly factual, except that Starship can not get to the Moon or Mars without refueling in Earth orbit... that huge booster is just to get Starship (which itself is huge) in Earth orbit...

[@Jimjon24]

How is that a disadvantage though?

[@rickkwasnicki6063]

@@Jimjon24 no one has an orbital refueling system yet... I believe SpaceX has said they will need about 6 launches of fuel containers to have enough for one refueling... I don't think they have a refueling system worked out yet... NASA has contacted SpaceX as a lunar lander, not as a transporter to the Moon.

[@Jimjon24]

@Rick Kwasnicki I'm aware of all of that, I must of missread your meaning. Apologies.

[@ManuelBasiri]

I hope Elon stops goofing around the twitter and focuses on what really matters.

[@elhadjimalickdiop2695]

I can do both ! Multi task man he is

[@WeAreHumans-o9i]

Y'all need to wake up

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

😅😂🤣😅😂🤣

[@jusufagung]

When will Elon Musk launch the NCC 1701???

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

We'll have to wait for anti-matter/matter propulsions that can attain warp speed.

[@sungoddogg]

Starship2 will be 240m, not 120m😊

[@_AdventureClub_]

That's roughly the same size as Enterprise (Star Trek), except the speed.

[@anodominate]

We did it.

[@gameeworld2343]

What about sslv

[@God0fGambler]

😂😂

[@potatomatop9326]

He will be needing that rocket to catch up to Bernard.

[@gutluckbro9802]

he doesnt care about wealth

[@coffeeisthepathtovictory1290]

Needs more saucer section and nay cells.. Then it would really earn the title starship.

[@Michael_Scott_Howard]

Once a starship lands on Mars, it will not be too long after that Elon Musk will be worth $1T USD.

[@CODduvonYT]

Can't wait to travel mars🙏

[@sameehkins5957]

I live there already. Please don't come.

[@oscarwindham6016]

I can picture two Super Heavy rockets being configured side by side being one craft which would have 66 engines. What kind of payload could such a craft lift into orbit? This configuration would be on the same principle as those twin tube type construct submarines that produced the Soviet submarine in the movie "Hunt for Red October". Quote, "It's a big sucker." Such a main booster could accommodate an even larger Starship..., with wings that could theoretically accommodate a horizontal landing on Mars with that massive payload. Then there is the possibility of a horizontal takeoff from Mars and a horizontal landing back here in earth ("universe/earth" = universe, KJV Bible).

[@briansmith8490]

Until it hit the ceiling then ...BOOM 💥

[@oscarwindham6016]

@@briansmith8490 I don't think so, and I'm usually proven correct, not always, but usually proven to be correct about such things in general. Just think about all the problems that could be solved by having an airplane mounted atop a one-piece twin cylinder type Super Heavy with 66 engines?

[@Isambardify]

Wouldn't mars be rubbish for winged aircraft because the atmosphere is too thin to get much lift?

[@oscarwindham6016]

@@Isambardify I don't know for sure, but my thinking is that the thin atmosphere works two ways, there may not be much lift, or the thin atmosphere and less gravity may reduce the need for a lot of lift? Maybe the landing speed would have to be faster to compensate, or something like that? I still think a winged craft could be the answer to a lot of problems, but I'm not an aeronautical engineer.

[@MattA-fi5qe]

The whole point is landing the booster and ship back on earth for rapid reuse. The entire launch mount and system which is arguably as complicated as the rocket is specific to a single rocket. Slapping two boosters togethers scraps all of that design and makes it way harder. Starship as-is can already launch the largest payloads ever flown. Would be hard to find a payload that would be heavy enough to require that and it wouldn't make sense to redo work on the launch mount. Probably a bunch of complications landing too.

[@newibas7166]

So so so great , what a good work

[@2vandoodle8]

yes the cgi is a bit better than befor

[@MozartificeR]

YeeeHaaaar Hooray for Starship.

[@jardinbleu7]

Spectacular, but still a long way to go...

[@sunnyskye213]

Mini Mighty Mo Strikes Again.....

[@RobespierreThePoof]

I'm getting a little tired of Elon Musk

[@LogicAndReason2025]

If only Elon would stick to this and cars and not get his nose in stuff he does not understand.

[@adamoshea2793]

Ya exactly he is at his best when working on stuff like this

[@shamimkhan9026]

Meanwhile woke British people trying to find out how to make a successful rocket launch into space 🤣

[@Me_di]

“Starships, we’re meant to flyy-aa-aa-ay, hand up and touch the skyy” -Nicki minaj

[@viclally9151]

unknown objects in sky and now thsi is ready ..!!! i’m just saying

[@Indianmystic8]

Most powerful rocket 🚀

[@tardistime6857]

And it’s reusable

[@tortilyaaaa]

Why it can't be like a shuttle with electricity. Tesla.

[@lordhoden]

yeah or why can't they just drop a folding ladder from space... Then you wouldn't even need those pesky batteries.

[@northerners2828]

SpaceX vs Twitter..

[@ritchiebesas631]

meanwhile on BBC website Weekly quiz: What was tipped to boost sex drive?

[@adonistopofmen2571]

Fantastic ...

[@jonssonchrister2418]

Lite kraftigare än tesla han skickade upp. Vauxhall kan väl skicka upp en i omlopp runt jorden ochså. ☺

[@AnthonyEvans-gf8fd]

But don’t focus on that, because once he said some offensive comments when he was mucking about.

[@zzz22214]

It will fire back on all those WEF members and their servants like some politicians and scientists..

[@matwkong606]

Not a lovely diagram an awesome diagram . but you lovely can get your number.

[@yessan1234]

Pollution 😏

[@eucmike]

It's dust, not smoke! Raptor 2 is the cleanest rocket engine to date. full-flow staged-combustion-cycle rocket engine. The main by-product is water.

[@kubersharma3629]

Don't play with my universe without my permission.

[@leomacron4882]

Cool suggestions for documentary topics for BBC 1. The Kohinoor and the Colonial Loot. 💎 2. An outdated Monarchy and Unhealthy obsession with the Royals 👑 3. Racism in 2023 🤢

[@parrotsandpelicans]

Why fly all the way to Mars when you can just drive to Death Valley?

[@asmith9140]

Nice seeing as people are starving and lost everything in the earth quake we. Ight all feel cynically cheered to know you are doing the best you can do. Elon! Well done

[@aqeelraja4750]

oh shut up lol. SpaceX is a rocket company, not a charity. You expect them to cease all activity when something shit happens.

[@jamathy9953]

Weekly quiz, how to boot your sex drive 👀

[@UkraineBusiness]

Who's her hair dresser? 😄

[@recifebra3]

he never said get to the moon, he said get to orbit. The Starship would have to refill to even get to the moon. This lady has no idea what she's talking about.

[@iamaduckquack]

Stop it. She meant the long term goals are moon and mars.

[@johntheux9238]

Yeah, at 120 tons empty it's a lot bigger than the Apollo lander.

[@DavidIrthum]

Oh, how very wonderful!

[@Igniting-Moments]

Interesting! While you are at it to discover new life on Mars, remember your own Earthlings who are suffering from hunger and other sorts... They need saving!

[@asmith9140]

Exactly i have just mentioned that very point in my own post

[@Igniting-Moments]

@@asmith9140 They keep going after elusive matters while ignoring what should matter most. - Humanity.

[@rohtati1020]

And your glass is more *than* *half* *empty,* right⁉️

[@asmith9140]

@@rohtati1020 probably and i know im happy to be a kind person and let it be said you sound like a lady full of anger ,calm down we are all permitted an opinion

[@rohtati1020]

And *what* makes you think Musk is responsible for the hungry people's issues? *What* *are* *YOU* *DOING* to *SOLVE* their *issues⁉️❓🤔*

[@jamesbarnes3832]

Better start sending supplies to wherever you are planning on going now. The moon - you can land on it and get back. Mars? The first people that land there probably will never leave. They will die there because of the environment, run out of food, or become to old to come back by the time a method of returning to orbit is available. So if the plan is to go to Mars in 20 years, start sending those supplies now. And you will have to constantly be sending supplies for a very long time. To the moon, pretty much as long as there is a colony there. To Mars, until there is sufficient terraforming, at least within shelters, to generate enough oxygen, recycle water, and supply enough food for the colonists. Just think of the colonies that died during the colonization of America with all the plants available. Not just those on the coast at the start, but those that tried to travel across the midlands of America. Supplies, supplies, supplies.

[@rohtati1020]

There's always FedEx and Amazon.. 😁🌝🌛

[@skip181sg]

That's what Optimus Sub-Prime is all about. Send robots and building materials first. Along with equipment to make fuel.. Hence why SpaceX uses methane

[@bal20]

These are all the first steps to that. The best sci fi is going to be a reality one day, and it's starting in front of our eyes. Elon Musk will be a God if we survive deep space travel in thousands of years time

[@warrenoutley5413]

Henry ford,,Tesla, Edison, Bell … and now Musk .

[@sallyludford1255]

Whilst it's good that we want to know what is out there, surely it is best that we concentrate on our own planet. We have all got to do cut backs and eventually give up our cars, our heating systems and many other things to save our planet. Yet these mega rich people can still play with their toys burning fuel across the planet with rockets, private jets and the rest of it. Do as I say and not as I do, I believe the saying is.

[@bal20]

Our planet will not be around forever. If humans are to survive as a species one day we will need to travel through deep space. If we don't move towards that, although potentially a long way off, its a good idea to get a head start. Plus reusable cheaper rockets will benefit us anyway

[@weekiely1233]

Education yourself on Spaceflight please

[@olivergrumitt2601]

People will never give up their cars and do the things you say we need to save the planet, or more accurately, humanity. The world’s problems will never go away and human nature can not be changed. Unfortunately going back to a Stone Age Hunter gathering society is impossible, and always will be. Are you prepared to give up your iPad or computer on which you made your comment? If you do, you would have set an example, albeit a very small one.

[@fernadomorgan]

Hello sally

[@Siriussky22]

But is it more powerful then the N.1 ?

[@brianmurphy8811]

Much, much more powerful. N.1. was 45 Mega Newtons. Starship is 75 (At full thrust, naturally...we've yet to see full thrust).

[@Siriussky22]

@@brianmurphy8811 thanks a lot for that information. That so much power

[@brianmurphy8811]

@@Siriussky22 The power of this thing is shocking. Launch is gonna be incredible.

[@Siriussky22]

@@brianmurphy8811 oh yes it will I hope I’m gonna watch it. I woke up at 6:30am to watch the S.L.S launch.

[@absmith6237]

Is it as powerful as NASA’s CGI department ?

[@WeAreHumans-o9i]

Free Andrew Tate

[@tamasbenedek10]

I'm wondering how much it would cost the "road" tax for this starship based on the amount of CO2 produced just in a 10sec test burn?! 🤔...and the whole world fighting against the pollution yeah?

[@gutluckbro9802]

How else can rockets fly then? Steamed water?

[@briansmith8490]

If it were multiplied by ten what difference would that make ?

[@tamasbenedek10]

@@gutluckbro9802 As in the ancient times: shoot out with a slingshot 🙃😋🤪

[@johntheux9238]

Not much, an Airbus A380 flight is one third the amount of fuel as a starship/superheavy launch and this time it was far from being fully fueled.

[@jxw457]

Uhh.. yeah but what about Twitter?!

[@gutluckbro9802]

This rocket is more important that what carried the apollo astronauts to the moon and ur really brushing it aside like that

[@jxw457]

@@gutluckbro9802 come on man. Sarcasm. How thick ya think I am? I wish Elon had been running things when NASA was getting funding, we'd be on Mars having this conversation now.

[@jothimanikandanm2041]

That bloody aliean ⁉️

[@andyk1882]

Alien

[@BumberClarke]

Great work we love Elon musk but don’t turn off star link to the Ukrainian people 😊

[@TrixiLovesYou]

Just make sure Musk is on board when the rocket heads to Mars.

[@MrFlexNC]

No one is forced to go

[@ΜαριάνθηΖάβαλη]

Ένα ακόμα ωραίο βίντεο!!!Να είστε πάντα καλά!!!Ο Χριστός μαζί μας!!!+++☦️🛐🇬🇷🙋💒🌹👋🤍👍

[@klappapa]

?

[@beckyd712]

Not "reuseable" like the other one, *but then Elon Musk seems to be going back on many things he said; he's decided NOT to let Ukraine use "his satellites" to defend themselves against Putin's invasion.* I don't think much of anyone who helps the enemy.

[@richardzimmermann9372]

Am I supposed to be impressed? Maybe in 1969.

[@lordhoden]

Oof, tough crowd.

[@TeeTee-05]

USA ON TOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅💪💪💪

[@irayz2677]

Elon wants to strip mine space for minerals he needs for his tesla batteries.

[@1ndragunawan]

That's a better plan than strip mining ocean floor nodules.

[@gutluckbro9802]

where did u get this from lmao

[@Jumpyman_thegamerYT]

@@quill9105 No source?

[@gutluckbro9802]

@@quill9105 im assuming he watches those youtube channels that have those thumbnails of spacex revealing an antimatter drive or some tesla rocket or some bs

[@gutluckbro9802]

@@quill9105 you can easily verify from looking at official/ directly related sources

[@bad-bunnyblogger8171]

The rapture will sound like the sky being unzipped and the earth and heavens will meet. Could 2000 years of Chinese whispers turn the word raptor into rapture. 😮😂

[@davec4276]

Any CO2 released during the test? Let’s send Musk to mars! Give us all a rest!

[@itiswellwithmySoul153]

😅😄😂

[@johntheux9238]

Not much, it's 75% oxygen. Only as much fuel as 3 A380 flights. And it was not fully fueled anyways.

[@allandill2033]

I'd stop saying "Elon musk's spacex". He didn't make that rocket and couldn't understand it. He just funds it.

[@weekiely1233]

You do know that he does actually work directly on the rockets right? Tom Mueller who developed the Merlín and Raptor (at least in its early stages) engines has stated this numerous times.

[@allandill2033]

@@weekiely1233 I did not know that. That's commendable and raises my opinion of him. I thought he was just another meat headed rich kid bc that's the personality he exudes

[@weekiely1233]

@@allandill2033 tbh only Branson matches that description. Bezos has a plan to help mitigate climate change by outsourcing heavy manufacturing to space where emissions are irrelevant. He also cares deeply about Spaceflight and it’s history and recovered F1 engines from the ocean and donated them to NASA. SpaceX also raised 200m for a children’s hospital by sending 4 civilians (one a cancer survivor from the hospital who now works there) to space and back. Elon donated 50 million of that

[@lordhoden]

Bro at least do a shred of research before throwing around claims like that. I can guarantee you he knows every intricate detail of that rocket...

[@allandill2033]

@Lord Testicle a lord testicle guarantee. That must be worth a lot. I just did some research and changed my mind back. Thanks. I found him to be less of a genius and more of a rich kid with a huge PR budget. What I found: He never founded Tesla, it's original founders was actually Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, he managed to become the CEO of the company by controlling enough stock and having the board of directors with his side to kick them both out of the company and then attempted to rewite history as if he founded Tesla in the first place. Elon Musk’s hyperloop is the testament that he does not possess any sort of scientific genius level intellect that everyone claiming he is as not only it is even ludicrously expensive to the point of not being economical to produce this loop hundreds of kilometres across, if any vacuum sealed tube is even slightly ruptured then everyone using the hyper loop gets killed by the force of our own atmospheric pressure at the sound of speed destroying the entire hyper loop in a cascade of failures. For someone who is "smart" he makes some of the dumbest decisions in the history of business. The only people dumber were the crypto-bro's that lost all their money by listening to him My guess is the rest is all PR. Especially since he will literally spend millions to hurt people that talk negatively about him. Like the guy who helped the kids in Thailand he called a child rapist.

[@briannave7326]

Elon Musk is doing great with SpaceX and also turning Twitter into a free speech site.

[@rileydarren569]

Congratulations sorry I haven't had much time for you and don't stop calling. I will have the time you need .and what I insisted to you i still do.. Darren x. ....

[@drakehonest2]

Hey how are you doing…?