Elon Musk wants to fly again in a few months, but it's unclear if that'll be possible.
today that documents some of that damage."Tough to imagine this site being usable again in under a 12-month timeline — would be happy to be proven wrong," Evans wrote inEngineer and space entrepreneur Jonathan Goff — who co-founded Masten Space Systems, founded Altius Space Systems and now works to develop commercial space stations at Gravitics, Inc. — was more optimistic about the repair timeline, but only slightly.
"I think with the pad damage and need to rework the launch infrastructure, that we're probably at least 7-9 mos out from our next SS/SH flight of any kind. 1 yr to get to a fully orbital and successful flight was being very optimistic,"Tough to imagine this site being usable again in under a 12-month timeline - would be happy to be proven wrong. pic.twitter.com/0Keg4xunr3These posts were published before Musk weighed in again, however.
This assessment was incorrect, Musk noted. Presumably, the steel plate will be installed before Starship test flight number two. 3 months ago, we started building a massive water-cooled, steel plate to go under the launch mount. Wasn’t ready in time & we wrongly thought, based on static fire data, that Fondag would make it through 1 launch.Looks like we can be ready to launch again in 1 to 2 months.
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