SpaceX and Tesla Inc TSLA chairman Elon Musk said Sunday that his space exploration company, with its fully reusable super heavy lift launcher spaceship.
What happened: Musk said in response to a tweet from: Chris Gebhardtdeputy editor-in-chief NASA space website.
“We are proceeding very carefully. If there is a RUD on the pad, the starship’s progress will be reset by approximately 6 months.”
We proceed very carefully. If there is a RUD on the pad, the starship progress will be reset by about 6 months.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 16, 2022
Musk uses the term RUD, or “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly,” to refer to an explosion. reported The guard.
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Why it matters: Gebhardt had tweeted that Starship testing is scheduled to begin this week and that SpaceX plans to fill Booster 7 and the test vehicle with a full charge of methane and oxygen for the first time.
SpaceX’s spacecraft is set to fly the world’s first space tourist and billionaire Dennis Tito around the moon. His wife will accompany him on the week-long mission.
Two other private Starship flights have been bought by billionaires Jared Isaacman and Yusaku Maezawa. The latter should also orbit the moon.
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