STARSHIP V3 – THE BIGGEST UPGRADE YET
has left the build site for prelaunch testing. Flight 12 is about to change everything
Here’s what’s new:
- Raptor 3 engines: 51% more thrust, lighter, simpler design (33 on booster, 6 on Ship)
- Full stack ~1.5 m taller for hundreds more tons of propellant capacity
- 3 grid fins (instead of 4), 50% larger, with integrated catch pins
- Redesigned fuel transfer tube on Super Heavy
- Fully reusable hot-stage interstage
- Cleaner, denser heat shield design
- First launch from upgraded Pad 2
This is the version built for orbital flights, propellant transfer, and the road to Mars
Starlink Direct to Cell is now available in the UK and will provide data with voice, video and messaging to customers in areas with no terrestrial service
Some people are calling for the NFL to ban praying on the field…
Despite playing for New York, Giants players (led by Jaxson Dart) take the time to pray before every game!
Do you stand with them?
🚨JUST IN: Elon Musk just finished the Tesla AI5 Saturday chip design review and was joined by Michael Dell during the session.
He works seven days a week and puts in every waking hour to push humanity forward. Godspeed Elon!
Elon Musk
"All 8 billion people on Earth can fit on one floor in the city of New York. Another way, if you're flying across the country and your goal is to drop a water balloon on someone, you will fail because it's empty."