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Starship lifts off on third test flight (spacenews.com)

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It did the thing!!

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

That is the fate of pretty much every rocket booster with the exception of Falcon 9. Starship is designed to be a fully reusable launch system (booster and upper stage) and these tests are stepping stones towards that goal.