Rocket Report: Alpha Block 2 coming this summer; Falcon sets booster landing mark
Pointy end up
“The deciding factor was what we felt like was the team’s impact to humanity.”
Image from full duration test of Starship Super Heavy booster on Thursday. Credit: SpaceX
Welcome to Edition 8.40 of the Rocket Report! One of the remarkable things about SpaceX is that, after a quarter of a century and becoming the most important launch company of this era, it remains a disruptive force. Even though the Falcon 9 is the most used rocket of the world, and groundbreaking in its reuse capabilities, SpaceX is actively seeking to make it obsolete with the Starship program. Stephen has a great story in this week’s newsletter highlighting the fact that we’re probably past the peak of the Falcon era of flight.
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