[HN Gopher] SpaceX's Starship could launch to orbit for first ti...
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       SpaceX's Starship could launch to orbit for first time as soon as
       July
        
       Author : CarCooler
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2021-06-29 18:24 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.space.com)
        
       | slownews45 wrote:
       | That seems extremely unlikely. However, even a Sept launch date
       | would be an AMAZING accomplishment.
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       | Would love to compare cost and time for SLS vs this Starship
       | launch.
        
       | nickik wrote:
       | Not a big fan of 'space.com' among space news sites.
       | 
       | This information is already out of date. The earliest possible
       | launch license for launching a bunch of Starlink terminals is 1.
       | August. A number of other licensing and regulatory issues are
       | outstanding. Elon in a talk today mention 'next couple month'.
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       | Looking at the progress of the launch site and required hardware
       | I would be supervised if they managed it even in August. I would
       | put my money on September.
        
       | ruuda wrote:
       | Metaculus is not convinced:
       | https://www.metaculus.com/questions/6341/when-will-starship-...
        
         | CarCooler wrote:
         | Yikes!
        
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