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SpaceX's Starship could launch to orbit for first time as soon as July

• ruuda 5y ago
  Metaculus is not convinced: https://www.metaculus.com/questions/6341/when-will-starship-reach-orbit/ https://www.metaculus.com/questions/6341/when-will-starship-...
  • CarCooler 5y ago
    Yikes!
  • edrxty 5y ago
    Ah, yes. I trust the internet's wisdom about the aerospace industry. After all the armchair quarterbacking I've seen around every other aerospace event I can't imagine a more reliable source of speculation.
    • MattDamonSpace 5y ago
      Probability Markets are interesting in a way Twitter Trends are not
• nickik 5y ago
  Not a big fan of 'space.com' among space news sites. This information is already out of date. The earliest possible launch license for launching a bunch of Starlink terminals is 1. August. A number of other licensing and regulatory issues are outstanding. Elon in a talk today mention 'next couple month'. Looking at the progress of the launch site and required hardware I would be supervised if they managed it even in August. I would put my money on September.
• slownews45 5y ago
  That seems extremely unlikely. However, even a Sept launch date would be an AMAZING accomplishment. Would love to compare cost and time for SLS vs this Starship launch.