The successful launch of the Starship rocket on Thursday included assistance from a company based in Evanston, Illinois.
SpaceX has achieved another milestone in its quest to return astronauts to the moon and, eventually, to Mars. The third test launch of the largest and most powerful rocket in the history of space flight, Starship, took place from Texas at 8:25 a.m. Chicago time. Developed by SpaceX in collaboration with NASA, the vehicle's "Super-Heavy" booster contains components designed at QuesTek, an innovation company located in Evanston.
Sebastian and his team at QuesTek utilize computational models to develop advanced materials capable of withstanding the immense pressures of space travel, including more than eight million pounds of thrust."Steel is iron plus nickel and carbon and chrome, but also the processing of that material, what temperatures to use when you melt it, and when you forge it and when you heat treat it," Sebastian elaborated.
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