Background: From Concept to First Launches SpaceX’s Starship program emerged from CEO Elon Musk’s vision of a fully reusable spacecraft to carry humans to Mars. Initially dubbed the Mars Colonial Transporter and later BFR, the vehicle was renamed Starship around 2018. Development ramped up at SpaceX’s Boca Chica site in Texas (now “Starbase”), where early…
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