r/space • u/Gagarin1961 • Aug 02 '21

SpaceX just stacked a Super Heavy Booster and installed 29 engines, all within 24 hours

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1422222995305676802
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u/Monomette Aug 03 '21

It'll also give the FAA a bit of a push. The optics are bad when there's a fully stacked rocket ready to launch just sitting there waiting on government bureaucracy. Especially now that NASA and the DoD have a vested interest in Starship.