The largest rocket in the world from Ilon Mask will fly from the newly created city (photo)

This headquarters of Ilon Mask SpaceX, located in Texas, became the latest city of this Southern US Southern State, after the voting of the locals. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel. Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! On the territory of Starbase there are SpaceX production facilities, a test landfill, a launching ground for launching rockets into space, as well as employees of Ilona Maska company live there.

The area of ​​the new city is almost 4 square kilometers. Previously, SpaceX had a permit for 5 launches per year Starship rockets, now the US Civil Aviation Directorate has allowed 25 launches and reusable rocket launches. Recall it consists of two degrees: a huge accelerator called Super Heavy and a spacecraft on top known as Ship. The total height of the Starship rocket is 122 meters.

The US Federal Civil Aviation Directorate states that the final analysis showed that Starship missiles launch will not have a significant impact on the environment and the quality of human habitat. Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket in the world of all that have ever been created. Both parts of the rocket can be reuse, while preparing for the next start -up does not take much time.

Ilon Musk believes that thanks to this rocket in a not very distant future, it will be possible to create a permanent settlement of people on Mars. This rocket is also designed to remove useful goods in orbit and flights a month. In 2027, one version of the Starship rocket as a landing module should deliver NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon within the Mission of Artemis-3. It will be the first since 1972 landing of astronauts a month.

But, as the focus has already wrote, after this mission for the month, NASA may not have money to finance the project of the lunar heavy rocket Space Launch System. Focus also wrote that NASA has already concluded a contract with SpaceX to use Starship missiles in the future in the future. To date, SpaceX has held 8 Starship test flights, two of which took place this year in January and March. The last two flights had similar results.

If the Super Heavy accelerator proved to be well and went back to the starting ground, where he was captured by special starting tower manipulators, the Ship spacecraft had problems. Both times shortly after starting the upper degree of Starship broke in the air and collapsed. SpaceX is now preparing for the ninth test flight of Starship rocket, but it is still unknown when it will happen.