SpaceX’s Starship rocket successfully lifted off from Texas last week for its 11th test flight – but industry experts say it has a ways to go before it is ready for ambitious space exploration projects.
During the test, the spaceship’s booster fired all 33 of its engines to get the Starship into the air, and as it lifted off, it fired another six engines to breach the Earth’s atmosphere, the Elon Musk-owned company said. When it got into the air, it released eight mock SpaceX satellites and restarted one of its engines in space.
