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SpaceX Starship Update - Repair Preparation and the Countdown to the Next Launch · Elon Musk Podcast

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  Hi everybody and welcome back to another episode of the Elon Musk
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  podcast. Your go-to destination for all
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  things SpaceX and Tesla and Ilan.
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  I'm your host will Walden. I'm here to take you on a
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  thrilling Voyage today into the progress of SpaceX post.
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  The dramatic launch of booster 7 and ship 24.
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  Now, from intricate repairs at the orbital launch site to the
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  Intriguing assembly of ships. 25 through 29 were diving a little
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  bit deep in To the upcoming changes and the changes that are
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  happening right now down at Starbase Boca, Chica Texas.
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  Now SpaceX is changing things up down at Boca Chica, and the ever
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  Dynamic space Frontier. Space X is making significant
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  strides towards its next. Big launch setting the stage for
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  what promises to be a thrilling follow-up to last month's
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  remarkable. Booster 7 and ship 24, lift off
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  from the ongoing repairs that The orbital launch site.
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  The OLS to the meticulous preparation of several
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  Starships. The production site the scene is
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  buzzing with activity. Space X is current.
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  Focus is on ships. 25 through 29, each in different stages of
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  Readiness and ship 25 is undergoing cryo proofing.
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  At the now transform Massey's gun range while ship 29 is
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  rapidly, stacking up in the high Bay and each vessel offers a
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  unique glimpse into the future. Sure SpaceX is Mission to
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  revolutionize. The space industry with their
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  spacex's super-heavy starship rocket.
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  Now, the seat at the orbital launch site is equally amazing
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  scaffoldings. Now in case the Towering 70ish
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  feet tall orbital launch Mount providing a secure environment
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  for SpaceX has dedicated Workforce to get things done.
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  Now, workers scale this intricate structure, they make
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  it necessary to have the scaffold.
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  Doing and they're making adjustments to the plumbing,
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  raceways, the electronics and More in there, simultaneously
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  foundation work continues on the olm with damage rebar concrete
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  and dirt, evacuated and excavated and replaced with
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  fresh soil and more concrete and rebar.
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  Now, this crowd work, lays the foundation, for the upcoming
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  installation of Steel plates, and a water Deluge system,
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  creating robust and a secure launch pad for the next.
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  At the Starship super heavy launch.
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  I'll SpaceX is attention to detail extends to even the
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  smallest components though, the booster quick disconnect, the QD
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  fitting on the olm, which is a critical element is currently
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  under maintenance with a protective cover placed over its
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  pipes. And as the site, undergoes
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  repair and renovation to familiar platforms.
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  Affectionately dubbed, the dance floor in the taco stand, have
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  been relocated to the launch site.
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  These platforms integral. To the launch preparation
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  process, keep the construction site, decluttered.
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  And organized, now SpaceX is dedication to constant.
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  Improvement is very visible right now and there's ongoing
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  repair work at the tank farm as well.
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  The white tank shells manufactured using techniques
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  similar to the Starship construction have been patched
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  up and the overall Integrity of the structure has been increased
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  SpaceX plans, to replace these vertical tanks with horizontally
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  aligned. Kind of hot dog shaped tanks.
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  Is there they've been lovingly known and they're going to be
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  more protected than the vertical structures that are there right
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  now? Now the olm of the tank farm
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  repairs will continue for a while, probably a month or two
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  and future SpaceX vessels are making Headway as well.
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  Ship 28 and 29 are relatively Advanced stage of construction.
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  Right now with both featuring the necessary tiles and fins for
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  re-entry testing. Ship 28 was recently relocated
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  to so shipped. 29 can be fitted in there and they're rapidly
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  indicating that they're assembling more ships at this
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  production site. Now.
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  Moreover ship 29 is known as code.
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  Has been successfully welded to a payload section.
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  Suggesting it potentially could be for starlink version to set
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  alight test deployments. However we're not sure when
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  That's going to happen now, the first mega Bay is seen
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  significant activity recently with the Assembly of booster 11.
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  Now SpaceX is very Innovative and they're featuring
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  improvements over the previous booster 7.
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  While booster night is scheduled for the next flight booster 11,
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  maybe the one after booster, nine.
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  Now meanwhile at the former Massey's gun range.
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  A few miles down the road ship. 25 has successfully completed.
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  The cryogenic proofing test. Now the sister ship to ship 24,
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  which was in the latest launch ship. 25 offers a little bit
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  better. Hope than ship 24 for the future
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  missions. It's built with similar
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  standards and similar processes as ship 24, but it has still has
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  tiles and it has fins and it looks like it may be an upgraded
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  version of ship 24. Now, this may come as a
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  surprise, but there may be ships, 28 and 29 in the works as
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  well, and they may be tested soon.
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  However, considering its construction last year, SpaceX
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  might opt, for a newer Starship that incorporates design
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  improvements and lessons learned from the previous launch.
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  So ship 25 may not actually launch, it could be shipped 28
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  or 29. Now, among the other contenders
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  though, ships, 26. And Seven.
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  I hope I'm not confusing anybody here with all these different
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  ships because it does get a little confusing because we
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  don't know exactly what's the difference between ship 24?
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  Ship 25, 26 27, 28 29, but we know that SpaceX rapidly
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  iterates these and ships, 26 and 27 currently have no tiles or
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  fins on them and they've been spotted near the Rocket Garden
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  storage area. They're in the early stages of
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  Preparation and could possibly be selected for future flights.
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  We're not sure quite yet though and the display of potential
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  candidates reveal spacex's long-term strategy, which is
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  rapid iteration rapid, manufacturing of these ships and
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  it's going to be a continual progress and exploration phase
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  until they figure out the final design.
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  Now, there's a new high Bay to SpaceX is Vision extends beyond
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  the immediate launch though there.
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  Working towards the future. The Starbase site is welcome to
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  a new high Bay which is potentially increasing the
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  production capabilities right now for future ships and
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  boosters. There's kind of a skeletal
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  structure right now that will form part of the new Bay's
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  architecture and they've been seen all over the site.
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  And once the foundation is prepared though, these
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  components will be transferred and assembled and steps will be
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  moved towards enhancing spacex's infrastructure capabilities.
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  Bleah. Be able to build more ships and
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  more boosters in a faster fashion and iterate way quicker,
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  but a new high Bay, not only signifies progress, but also
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  presents an opportunity to optimize the process.
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  The skeletal structure elements are expected to be covered with
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  their skins soon. While a crane will move them to
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  the foundation. Now, these elements might have
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  been repurposed from spacex's site in Florida that though,
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  they may have been Tipped over here.
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  And this is a new way to build out a site because if they're
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  already built in Florida, they just have to take a cargo ship
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  across the bay and then they are there in Texas and they're at
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  the Starbase. We're not exactly sure when they
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  came in or where they came from, but we know they weren't
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  transported by road, so This is a significant one here.
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  The sea level thrust simulator has been removed from the
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  suborbital pad a that suggests that future ambient and cryo
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  proof testing for ships. Will now take place exclusively
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  a few miles down the road at the old Massey's site.
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  Now relocation of ship testing to mass T's is a strategic
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  decision because this will enable unimpeded construction
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  right now. They could repair everything at
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  the Starbase launch facility. They can do static firing and
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  they could also do launches and not have to worry about that
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  infrastructure while they're still permitting.
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  The proof testing of new ships and test articles at Massey's.
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  They can do a number of those within a week at Massey is
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  without having to move things around.
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  They can just store them there in.
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  This reorganization is indicative of SpaceX, is ability
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  to adapt and streamline operation to bolster their
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  efficiency. No other activities, a mess.
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  He's include rigorous testing of ship 26.1 in destructive,
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  testing a nose cone, 31 ship, 26.1, similar to boost your 7.1
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  serves. As a dedicated test article to
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  examine certain aspects of the Starship system, contributing to
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  SpaceX is Relentless pursuit of refinement, and Perfection.
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  Now, as SpaceX marches forward, the future of the A and B
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  suborbital pads, which supported Previous Starship, atmospheric,
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  test flights, hangs in the balance, with the shift of
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  testing activities to Massey's. These roles could potentially be
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  redefined in the coming months. Now, while the timeline for the
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  next Starship launch remains tentative, we don't really know
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  when this is going to happen. There's several key developments
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  that are worth watching out for from the installation of Steel
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  plates in the Deluge system to the tank from repairs and the
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  recertification of the flight termination system SpaceX is
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  leaving, no stone. Unturned for the next successful
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  launch. Now the FAA may have to do
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  another approval of Starship system return to flight, which
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  is pending right now, the upcoming period is critical for
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  SpaceX each step taken. Now, brings the company one step
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  closer to realizing its vision for the future of space.
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  Exploration, and a SpaceX pushes, the boundaries of the
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  possibility of this flight, the world really does watch and
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  anticipation. It's the Biggest rocket that's
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  ever been flown and will ever be flown in the most powerful to
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  every repair, every test and every launch brings them closer
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  to the Future. Where space travel is not just a
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  dream for everybody, but they can send gigantic satellites
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  into orbit. They can take people back to the
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  Moon. They can take people to Mars and
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  the journey is far from over and SpaceX is on the horizon, and
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  they're never going to look back there moving forward.
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