Starship
Publié le 07/06/2023
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News of the week
Intro
Good afternoon everyone, today I am going to tell you about the landing of Starship
that happened 4 days ago.
What is Starship?
To begin with, Starship is a fully reusable spaceship developed by SpaceX, the
company of Elon Musk.It is the world’s biggest and most powerful spaceship ever
developed, it is 120 meters long and 9 meters large.
The Starship is composed of two parts: the spaceship itself and the Super Heavy
rocket.
The spaceship is about 50 meters long and can accommodate up to 100
passengers, making it the largest and most habitable spaceship.
It is designed to
be able to land on planetary surfaces like the Moon or Mars.
The Super Heavy is a giant rocket that stands about 70 meters tall and is equipped
with 33 Raptor engines.
This new launcher will have the particularity of being fully
reusable and could play a central role in the company's ambitions for the
colonization of Mars.
The goal of Starhsip
This spaceship will be able to perform many missions such as :
- Launching satellites
- Transporting resources to the ISS, the Moon or Mars
- Transporting more than 100 people to colonize the Moon and Mars
- Travel on Earth much faster from one country to another.
All this at a lower cost than other ships thanks to the reuse of Starship.
The launch
SpaceX's Starship rocket took off for the first time on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at
9:30 a.m.
The launch took place at SpaceX's Starbase in Texas.
Nevertheless, three minutes after liftoff, the rocket exploded in flight.
Indeed, this
first attempt predicted that the....
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