Oct 7, 2026 · 2 hr 1 min · 56 segments
Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: Starships, Strollers, & Scientific Skivvies Edition w/Mallie Fox! This Week, SpaceX launched Starship into Earth's orbit, and surprise…
They're celebrating, speaking of celebrating, they're celebrating as Starship reached Earth's orbit for the first time.
The latest test launch achieved a major milestone in the quest to build a rocket capable of carrying humans to Mars.
There was much to celebrate at SpaceX this past week as Starship, sitting atop a super-heavy booster, thundered into the heavens on its latest test launch.
The futuristic vehicle, which then teamed with its booster forms, f- forms the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, has had some rocky launches over the last few years, but each one has proved critical information, enabling engineers to continue to refine and improve its design.
What made the test different from those that came before it is that for the first time, uh, Starship reached Earth's orbit, a major milestone after years of suborbital test flights.
This is an important milestone for SpaceX, with Starship successfully reaching orbit and at the first attempt, said astrophysicist Martin Barstow of the University of Leicester.
Uh, it marks the beginning of the transition from the testing and development phase to becoming a working vehicle able to deliver the large payloads needed to return to the Moon.
Starship will eventually place the other vehicles used by SpaceX, or replace them rather, uh, the other vehicles used by SpaceX, and will be fully reusable, theoretically making spaceflight cheaper than ever despite its enormous size, making it rather too large for many routine missions.
Uh, Elon Musk's ultimate goal, uh, is to not only send humans to Mars, but to build a city there.
No. I'm gonna let them run a few missions up there to Mars, and then I'm gonna let them run a few more, and then I'm gonna, as a spry 90-year-old, keep waving at them as they take off-
They're celebrating, speaking of celebrating, they're celebrating as Starship reached Earth's orbit for the first time.
The latest test launch achieved a major milestone in the quest to build a rocket capable of carrying humans to Mars.
There was much to celebrate at SpaceX this past week as Starship, sitting atop a super-heavy booster, thundered into the heavens on its latest test launch.
The futuristic vehicle, which then teamed with its booster forms, f- forms the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, has had some rocky launches over the last few years, but each one has proved critical information, enabling engineers to continue to refine and improve its design.
What made the test different from those that came before it is that for the first time, uh, Starship reached Earth's orbit, a major milestone after years of suborbital test flights.
This is an important milestone for SpaceX, with Starship successfully reaching orbit and at the first attempt, said astrophysicist Martin Barstow of the University of Leicester.
Uh, it marks the beginning of the transition from the testing and development phase to becoming a working vehicle able to deliver the large payloads needed to return to the Moon.
Starship will eventually place the other vehicles used by SpaceX, or replace them rather, uh, the other vehicles used by SpaceX, and will be fully reusable, theoretically making spaceflight cheaper than ever despite its enormous size, making it rather too large for many routine missions.
Uh, Elon Musk's ultimate goal, uh, is to not only send humans to Mars, but to build a city there.
No. I'm gonna let them run a few missions up there to Mars, and then I'm gonna let them run a few more, and then I'm gonna, as a spry 90-year-old, keep waving at them as they take off-
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