{"id":1249,"date":"2019-12-31T13:16:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T13:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2019-12-31T13:16:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T13:16:52","slug":"musk-shared-video-showing-how-first-crewed-dragon-mission-should-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/31\/musk-shared-video-showing-how-first-crewed-dragon-mission-should-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Shared Video Showing How First Crewed Dragon Mission Should Look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/First-ever_SpaceX_launch_from_Vandenberg_AFB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/First-ever_SpaceX_launch_from_Vandenberg_AFB.jpg 400w, http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/First-ever_SpaceX_launch_from_Vandenberg_AFB-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk shared an animation that reveals details on SpaceX\nprogress and what the company soon hopes to achieve after nearly a decade of\neffort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk shared a video showing the SpaceX team working on building\nthe curved dome that will be mounted atop the completed Starship SN1. The digit\nlikely stands for \u201cnumber 1\u201d. Musk added that each new SN version of the rocket\nbuilds will have minor improvements \u201cat least through the first 20 or so\nversions\u201d, so it is clear they expect to test these quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the CEO said that he hopes the Starship will take off\nsometime \u201caround 2 to 3 months from now\u201d, which is still within range of the\nprojections for a first Starship high-altitude test flight given by Musk\nearlier this year while unveiling the Starship MK1 prototype. The\nprototype&nbsp;blew its top during a test in November&nbsp;and Musk said they\nwould be moving on to a new design rather than repair or rebuild the old Mk1\nversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New details about the construction process&nbsp;for Starship were\nshared too, including that SpaceX will move its process for building a future\nspacecraft to an enclosed edifice starting with Starship \u201cSN2\u201d in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another tweet, Musk gave details on another change for developing Starship. The future spacecraft development is being focused at Boca Chica currently, he said, while <a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/\">SpaceX\u2019s Cape Canaveral <\/a>teams are dealing with Falcon\/Dragon. Up until now, SpaceX has been operating two separate teams working in parallel on Starship prototypes at both sites. Musk didn\u2019t share details on what will happen with Starship Mk2, the other earlier prototype that was currently in development at Cape Canaveral in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musk also shared updates about his tunneling company, The Boring Co. the company aims to open the Vegas tunnel to drivers in 2020, Starlink\u00a0that could be available to customers in the Caribbean either in 2020 or 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/12\/30\/elon-musk-details-spacex-progress-on-latest-starship-spacecraft-build-and-flight-timelines\/\">TechCrunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk shared an animation that reveals details on SpaceX progress and what the company soon hopes to achieve after nearly a decade of effort. Musk shared a video showing the SpaceX team working on building the curved dome that will be mounted atop the completed Starship SN1. The digit likely stands for \u201cnumber 1\u201d. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/31\/musk-shared-video-showing-how-first-crewed-dragon-mission-should-look\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Musk Shared Video Showing How First Crewed Dragon Mission Should Look&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1250,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}