Tesla and SpaceX founder, American businessman and billionaire Elon Musk admitted that he is not confident in the success of the first test flight of the Starship spacecraft, which is scheduled to fly on Monday, April 17. Wrote about him about it Twitter account.
“Success is not something to rely on tomorrow. That would be crazy,” said the entrepreneur, speaking to his Twitter account’s paid followers.
According to him, the launch of the ship may be delayed.
Musk didn’t specify exactly what could go wrong. But he pointed out that the engines are the most vulnerable part of the design. The businessman also stated that he most wanted to avoid an explosion at the launch site in Texas, as in this case it could take several months to prepare for the reboot.
musk before approvedcompany SpaceX will carry out the first test launch of the Starship spacecraft on April 17.
Prior to this, the US Federal Aviation Administration, issuance SpaceX Musk has licensed the first orbital flight of the Starship superheavy launch vehicle. According to the statement, SpaceX complies with all safety, environmental, “airspace integration and fiscal responsibility” requirements. The rocket will launch from Starbase’s private spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starship is a next-generation, super-heavy, fully reusable rocket with both stages landing on its tail. Its main feature should be the ability to launch 100 tons of cargo into orbit on a ship integrated with the upper tier and refuel this ship using modified upper tier fuel tankers. It is Starship that will have to get astronauts to the moon under the NASA Artemis program in the second half of the 2020s.