Starship has been earmarked as the spacecraft that will one day take NASA astronauts back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years - and then eventually all the way to Mars.
, saying it was a"fundamentally difficult thing" to do and"success is not what should be expected".
But he will no doubt be hoping the rocket system, which is also the biggest ever made, will reach orbit this time.Starship is waiting on a launchpad at Boca Chica, atop a huge Super Heavy booster for a combined height of 120m.
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