{"id":17099,"date":"2025-01-05T08:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T07:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/why-elon-musks-starship-rocket-is-beating-nasa-in-the-space-race\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T08:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T07:38:20","slug":"why-elon-musks-starship-rocket-is-beating-nasa-in-the-space-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/why-elon-musks-starship-rocket-is-beating-nasa-in-the-space-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Elon Musk\u2019s Starship rocket is beating Nasa in the space race"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SpaceX chief\u2019s powerful new system is set to slash the cost of missions, leaving Nasa in the dust<\/p>\n

It was one of the most striking technological events of the year. On 13 October, Starship, the world\u2019s largest and most powerful rocket, blasted into space<\/a> from a launchpad in Texas. Its main booster reached an altitude of more than 65km before it began to hurtle back to Earth at a velocity greater than the speed of sound.<\/p>\n

A crash was averted when the rocket \u2013 built by Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX company<\/a> \u2013 reignited its engines and slowed down until it hovered tantilisingly over the tower from which it had been fired aloft only seven minutes earlier. Pincer claws grasped the giant launcher and held it firmly in their grip, ready for\u00a0refurbishment and relaunch.<\/p>\n

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\nThe SpaceX chief\u2019s powerful new system is set to slash the cost of missions, leaving Nasa in the dust
\nIt was one of the most striking technological events of the year. On 13 October, Starship, the world\u2019s largest and most powerful rocket, blasted into space from a launchpad in Texas. Its main booster reached an altitude of more than 65km before it began to hurtle back to Earth at a velocity greater than the speed of sound.
\nA crash was averted when the rocket \u2013 built by Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX company \u2013 reignited its engines and slowed down until it hovered tantilisingly over the tower from which it had been fired aloft only seven minutes earlier. Pincer claws grasped the giant launcher and held it firmly in their grip, ready for\u00a0refurbishment and relaunch. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The SpaceX chief\u2019s powerful new system is set to slash the cost of missions, leaving Nasa in the dust It was one of the most striking technological events of the year. On 13 October, Starship, the world\u2019s largest and most powerful rocket, blasted into space from a launchpad in Texas. Its main booster reached an …<\/p>\n

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