SpaceX will finish the water cooled steel plate and complete reconstruction and construction of other launch structures. SpaceX will be ready and approved for another Starship orbital launch attempt in 6-8 weeks.
6 to 8 weeks
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 13, 2023
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The more StarShip matures to a finished product like the Falcons, the shorter the launch intervals become. Fireworks can be launched within seconds, but if you have to wait for new ones to be developed or built, it can take weeks or months.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-problems-delay-artemis-3-2026
It may miss the deadline unless it is accelerated by parallel development
The smartest man in the world Not a quitter at anything It flies this time but I think they would love to see one or two engines fail just to see everything work properly
I’d like to see a failure of only one engine max on the next flight, and I imagine they will too. Redundancy is great in the context of a single launch, but if you have to replace ~6 engines per launch you’re adding way too much turnaround time, and eating into margins.
Go! Go!