Eric Berger
@SciGuySpace · May 21, 2026
For NASA, it is borderline essential that this flight go pretty well. Another six months of Starship developmental delays probably means that Blue Origin becomes the agency's best option for a lunar landing in 2028 or 2029.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
There is a large pipeline of V3 ships and boosters in the factory. The delay from last launch was due to the almost total redesign of the primary structure, engines, electronics and launch tower from V2.
Failure today will not affect schedule by more than a month or so.
10:25 PM · May 21, 2026 · 176K views
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