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Finally! Ive been waiting for this thing to show up for 2 months. Searched high and low in @RGVaerialphotos photos 8 weeks straight hoping I would see signs of it before anyone else.

If you are confused at what this is or want to learn more about it check out the thread below
Before we start:

I had a feeling this would happen. It sucks to have to skip ahead in the Orbital Launch Mount series cuz its going to be impossible to keep the whole thing in one thread now. Might have to come up with a better way of organizing this stuff.

One more thing! Image
Should I post this entire explanation at one time? Or would yal rather see them as I finish each page?

I'll let yal decide while I grab some food. @RGVaerialphotos unexpected post forced me to skip lunch for this.

*FYI The first option will probably contain more errors*
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.@elonmusk wants to use @SpaceX's megarocket, Starship, which was designed to take humans to Mars, for terrestrial passenger delivery.
The Starship travels at 17,500 mph. It's an order of magnitude faster than the supersonic jet Concorde.

Think about what this actually means:

Bangkok → Dubai in twenty-seven minutes.

London → New York in twenty-nine minutes.

Sydney → Singapore in thirty-one minutes.
So how real is the Starship?

As @elonmusk explained this past June, "There will be many test flights before commercial passengers are carried. First Earth to Earth test flights might be in 2 or 3 years."
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SpaceX #Starship launch attempt scheduled to start in five minutes or so... #SN8
This is the rescheduled launch attempt after the last-second abort yesterday:
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SpaceX is about to do a high-altitude test flight of its Starship prototype, in about two minutes theverge.com/2020/12/8/2216… spacex.com/vehicles/stars…
Or... not. Abort. Alas.
The #Starship prototype did not launch but it ALSO did not explode so I think this is a "successful failure" situation and the data will be helpful to the engineers as they set up for the next try. #SN8
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