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SpaceX Successfully performs static fire test of Booster 9 · Elon Musk Podcast

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  Hi everybody and welcome back to the Elon Musk podcast, where
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  we're diving into the big news surrounding X, the social media
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  platform formerly known as Twitter.
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  And our main topic today revolves around a brewing
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  controversy concerning X's recent commandeering of the AT
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  music handle from open source developer Jeremy Vaught, A
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  notable case that has sparked crucial debates over
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  intellectual property rights and user trust in social media
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  platforms. Navat, who established the app
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  music handle back in 2007 and successfully built a robust
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  community of nearly half a million followers, found his
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  long term dedication to the platform countered by the recent
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  rebranding efforts from X. This and more is causing waves
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  of unease among the community and presents an interesting
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  discussion about the future of user rights on social media
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  platforms under new corporate leadership.
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  But before we delve further into the intricacies of this
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  situation, we'll be taking a quick commercial break, so stick
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  around. You don't want to miss the
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  insights we're about to unpackaboutx.com, Elon Musk, and
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  this controversial topic of the AT music handle.
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  All right, welcome back everybody.
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  And as a user driven social media platform, X, formerly
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  known as Twitter, has always relied on its diverse and
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  passionate community of users to fuel its growth and its
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  prominence. Now, however, recent actions by
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  the company commandeering the handle at music from open source
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  software developer Jeremy Vaught are raising eyebrows and
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  sparking fresh debates about intellectual property rights and
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  the trustworthiness of social media platforms.
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  Now let's go back to 2007, Bought a dedicated music
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  enthusiast and creator, set up the AT Music handle, then
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  successfully build a thriving community of approximately half
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  a million followers. Now, despite the enormous worth
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  of such a handle on the social media platform, X's recent
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  rebranding efforts saw it repossessed the handle from him,
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  presenting him and said with a list of other music related
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  usernames to choose from. Bot's new access side account AT
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  Music Fan is far from ideal, according to the software
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  developer, but he's decided to accept it for now.
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  His followers were transferred to the new account, providing
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  some continuity in the wake of this unexpected change.
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  Still, he remarked to CNBC that this development could
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  discourage creators from investing long term in X due to
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  fears of suddenly losing their handles.
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  He had primarily used his Music handle as a platform to review
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  consumer hardware products, notably those associated with
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  music and with an influential social media status, he was
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  frequently sought up by manufacturers of headphones,
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  earbuds and other related accessories.
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  The account, however, was not a revenue stream for him, and
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  under previous management, there were times when Von fretted over
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  the possible takeover of his app Music Handle by Twitter.
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  However, the social media giant had opted to leave at Music
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  untouched and establish its own at Twitter Music Handle.
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  This all changed after Elon Musk took over and rebranded Twitter
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  as X. It remains unclear what plans X
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  has for the at Music handle. As of this report, the company
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  has posted a photo of musician Ed Sheeran holding a copy of his
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  2014 album X Pronounce Multiply to the account.
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  Neither representatives for Sheeran, X or Musk have
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  responded to requests for our comments.
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  Now ironically VOT, who once invested in another Musk led
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  company Tesla, still uses X. He set up new accounts on Metas,
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  text based competitor threads and also Mastodon explaining
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  that the software development community remains active on X,
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  making it quote the most interesting social that I have
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  now. His history with Musk's venture
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  also includes paying a $100 refundable fee to reserve a
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  Tesla cyber truck. This is the pickup truck from
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  Tesla, and it's not been released yet.
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  And there's no real final specs or pricing out there as we write
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  this. So the repercussions of X's
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  commandeering move had rippled beyond the loss of the music
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  handle, though. This instance of impersonal
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  corporate takeover from a user who had contributed 16 years to
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  the platform brought forth questions about intellectual
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  property and users rights on social media Follows a similar
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  incident when X took over the handle at X from another
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  longterm user during its rebranding.
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  That's what an NBC News report says now.
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  The sequence of these events has led to an increasing level of
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  discomfort among X's users. For instance, Vaught felt uneasy
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  when he discovered that his new handle at Music Fan had been
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  created back in 2011, leading him to wonder whether X had
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  repossessed it from another user.
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  While he could not get definitive answer edit this out
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  While he could not get a definitive answer from the
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  company, he described the entire process as quote skeezy and an
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  unfair result of 16 years of dedicated engagement with the
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  platform. This discontent echoes broader
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  criticisms of Accents Musk's acquisition and rebranding of
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  Twitter last year. The shift to X is seen as part
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  of a larger restructuring effort amid declining ad revenues.
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  And yet the recent uprising of user handles has drawn increased
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  scrutiny, forcing users, intellectual property advocates,
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  and industry watchers alike to question the implications of X's
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  new direction on user rights, trust and the future of the
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  platform. Now Vaught encapsulates these
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  sentiments best, saying 16 years is a long time to invest in
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  something and then just have it ripped out from underneath you.
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  And as X charts its future course, the company will need to
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  find a balance between its cororate objectives and the
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  community that built the platform from the ground U.
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  And now we're going to move our focus down to Tarbase Boca
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  Chica, Texas. Our SpaceX has tested the
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  Booster 9 for the upcoming Starship flight.
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  SpaceX moved a step closer to realizing its deep space
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  aspirations, conducting a brief yet significant test of its
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  Starship booster and it accompany Water Delu system at
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  the Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
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  Now, there's a little bit of background of this test, so
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  let's get into that before we move on.
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  Now, they've been gearing up for the next launch of the Starship
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  Rocket. This is a vehicle designed for
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  missions to the Moon, Mars, and anywhere in the solar system,
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  and to achieve this, the Starship system requires a
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  powerful booster known as the Super Heavy.
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  Now, this booster is equipped with 33 Raptor engines, all of
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  which ignites simultaneously for liftoff.
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  Now, previously during an April launch test, the Starship didn't
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  quite meet its goals due to complications, and this resulted
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  in SpaceX intentionally destroying the vehicle mid
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  flight. Now during that attempt, the
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  power of the Raptor engines, even though just thirty of them
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  were ignited, wreaked havoc on the launchpad.
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  Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, termed the result damage a rock
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  tornado, which led to widespread damage and debris and concerns
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  over future tests. Now, understanding the severity
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  of the damage and potential risks and future launches,
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  Spacex's engineering teams innovated.
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  They introduced steel plates to the launchpad underneath the
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  rocket, and they serve as barriers against the intense
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  heat and force produced by the Raptor engines.
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  Now the company conceptualize a water deluge system to to
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  further reduce the effects of the ignition.
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  Let's get into this test a little bit.
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  It was very short, but it's really important.
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  Sunday marked the day when both systems, the engine ignition and
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  the water deluge system would be tested together for the first
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  time and the ignition lasted just 2.74 seconds, while most of
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  the engines function is expected 4 stopped prematurely now,
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  concurrently, the deluge system released a huge surge of water
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  under the launchpad and the entire process was briefly
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  strained by SpaceX. So we got John Insbrucker, one
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  of the best commentators in spaceflight, who anchored this
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  live stream, and when it concluded he noted that there
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  was stable condition of both the pad and the vehicle.
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  However, SpaceX has maintained a level of secrecy around this,
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  and we don't know the tests, absolute success, or any of the
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  results of this test quite yet. Now what's ahead though?
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  Because SpaceX has a lot to look forward to.
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  The definitive date for the second flight, the I FT-2?
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  We don't really know yet, but earlier, during an interactive
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  session, Musk shared projections of launching the rocket within a
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  few months. The April 20th launch, despite
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  its shortcomings, has been a significant learning curve for
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  SpaceX. The aftermath saw the company
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  revisited strategies and reinforced safety measures,
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  including the installation of the water deluge system.
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  And the water deluge system is designed to manage the intense
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  energy of the Rockets engines. It ejects water to
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  counterbalance the heat from the grafter engines, and it also
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  protects the pad and dampens the sound in that area.
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  However, there's still concerns. Though the damage from the April
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  launch hasn't gone unnoticed by regulators and watchdogs, the
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  Federal Aviation Administration or the FAA is closely monitoring
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  the situation, and they're ensuring that all safety and
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  environmental standards are met. Now, this scrutiny has also led
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  to legal challenges around the licensing process for subsequent
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  launches. Moreover, there's a matter of
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  the Rockets Flight Termination System, which plays a crucial
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  role during any anomalies in flight.
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  There were noted delays in this activation during the first
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  flight or the I FT1 which Musk and his team are currently
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  addressing now. The next anticipated Starship
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  flight will involve Booster 9 in another prototype named Ship 25
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  with technical, environmental and legal checkpoints ahead.
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  The I FT-2 is possibly a few months away according to Elon
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  Musk. So let's see where this goes.
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  Thank you very much for listening to the show today,
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  everybody. I do appreciate you and I
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  appreciate all of your support. O please, if you could take a
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  And also take care of yourselves and each other, and I will see
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  you in the next one.