Starship: The most powerful rocket to have ever flown took off from Starbase in Texas this morning, ushering a new era in spaceflight as humanity aspires to become a multi-planetary species
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‍Congrats to SpaceX on Starship’s first integrated flight test! Every great achievement throughout history has demanded some level of calculated risk, because with great risk comes great reward. Looking forward to all that SpaceX learns, to the next flight test—and beyond.
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‍Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting first integrated flight test of Starship!
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Another shot of Starship's first big flight today. A few Raptors were lost on the way up, but she kept going and going and going until she couldn't.

It's hard to describe what it was like to experience the excitement of today. Amazing!
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A happy ⁦elonmusk⁩ watching out of the window and on screen as Starship clears the launch tower.
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The "but it exploded" take is fine. For the layperson who sees NASA at work, which can't afford to fail, this looks like failure. But for those who know a little bit more, and about iterative design, this was a tremendous success. SpaceX has 2-3 more rockets ready to go.

‍SpaceX does things differently. Its process is faster, but also messier. Fortunately they can afford to "fail." They can build 10 Super Heavy first stages in the time NASA builds a single SLS rocket. If the first five fail, but the next five succeed, which is a better outcome?
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The largest and most powerful rocket ever takes to the skies for the first time. Thanks to loreleirubik for the great edit on this shot.
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Starship: Pointy end down, flamey end up!
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