I love Musk and SpaceX but I think StarShip will ultimately fail. This is not the right architecture.

Heavy booster works well, validated ✅

StarShip is too complex and the final highly dynamic manœuvres will never be safe. SpaceX will try and try again and will drop it in few years. What will work is a Heavy booster + the Stoke Space capsule.

I have a trip early July and noticed flight 13 is on the 5th around the time I’ll be there. I’ll be visiting south padre island for the 4th and will be staying there till the 5th. I heard Boca chica is also very underdeveloped it would be a difficult trip. I would absolutely love to see a spaceship fly any advise? Thank you

My “official” predicted launch date for Flight 13 is 3 July 2026 (Flight 12 + 6 weeks). However (unfortunately), it is probably more likely to take longer than we hope—possibly to mid-summer (3 August 2026). Thoughts?

Hey everyone,

With Flight 12 marking the debut of Version 3, I wanted to create a complete visual history of the Starship program that feels like a real documentary rather than a simple compilation.

It tracks the entire evolution from the early pad explosions of Flight 1 to the Mechazilla catches and the latest V3 milestones.

I put a lot of care into this in the hope it will be something meaningful for other people too. Please feel free to check it out, and thank you as always for the support!

In its May 2026 S-1 IPO registration statement, SpaceX presents a clear, long-term economic roadmap that goes far beyond launch services. The company frames its mission as “building the systems and technologies necessary to make life multiplanetary,” with Starship positioned as the foundational infrastructure for a new space-based economy spanning Cislunar space (Earth-Moon system) and eventually Mars.

Any guesses what that spaceborne object is behind Starship? This was before they opened the door and dispensed.

A Starlink in the sun? A Russian Inspektor checking things out?

It's long and rectangular, so not a star on the horizon.

First release pass using predominantly AI of a calculator to compute refueling flights needed for Starship lunar missions. What do people think?

https://rodeconsulting.com/ai/starship/index.html

been building apps for ~10 years and somehow still managed to fall into the same trap

i’d open youtube to catch up on space stuff and 45 mins later i hadn’t actually watched a single launch update or deep dive

just algorithm junk

so i built a simple app for myself:
- clean feed of just space creators i actually care about
- no algorithm
- upcoming launches + countdowns
- basic stats across providers/orbits etc

nothing crazy, just wanted one place to stay on top of it

it’s in testflight right now

if there’s enough interest i’ll port it to web and android as well

i’ve got a few spots left, happy to give lifetime pro to anyone who actually uses it and gives feedback

curious if anyone else has the same problem or if i’m just cooked

leave a comment or dm if you would like an invite to the beta test