![]() Both of these companies flew to the edge of space, 86 kilometers up in the case of Branson and 107 kilometers for Bezos. Jeff Bezos flew in blue origins, new shepherd rocket. ![]() Richard Branson flew with Virgin gala galactic. Now, of course, this isn't the first high profile space launch we've seen this year. Speaker 1: And this orbital flight is part of proving that SpaceX can do it. In fact, NASA has already chosen the Starship as the rocket that will take the next Astron it's to the moon with the OIS program. SpaceX says the Starship will be the most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, capable of taking humans to the moon Mars and beyond. Most of which goes in the super heavy booster. It can carry 4,600 of propellant in this case, liquid oxygen and methane. The whole Starship system stands at 120 meters or 394 feet. It has a payload capacity of more than a hundred tons, which according to Starship gives it the largest usable payload volume of any current or in development launcher. The second stage of the system, the 50 meter tall Starship spacecraft is what will one day carry cargo and human crew. Once it's done that, it's designed to come back down and land on earth. Speaker 1: That's a lot of numbers to throw at you, but essentially the super heavy is designed to give the Starship a massive boost into orbit. It has 29 Raptor engines, which provide 72 mega NUS of thrust. It stands at 70 meters, tall or 230 feet and nine meters wide. The super heavy rocket does the grunt work. Now it's a little confusing, but SpaceX refers to both the spacecraft on top and the whole system, including the super heavy as Starship. The full stack refers to the super heavy rocket on the bottom. ![]() Unlike those earlier tests, we're not gonna see a scaled down rocket fly a few miles into the air for this launch. Now we are ready for starships first orbital flight. In May, 2021, the company successfully launched the SN 15 prototype flying, 10 kilometers or 6.2 miles into the air before doing a belly flop and landing safely back a on the landing pad. Speaker 1: But space has also had a lot of success in a short amount of time. And there have been a few rapid UN all disassembles, ![]() There were early test flights with prototypes that looked more like tin cans than rockets. SpaceX wants the Starship to be the rocket of future capable of carrying cargo and crew on long duration, interplanetary flights, but creating that future. So what does the star ship's biggest flight ever mean for the future of space travel? I'm here to explain it all. Speaker 1: SpaceX is preparing to launch the Starship into orbit. ![]()
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