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If You Had Any Doubts About SpaceX’s Dominance, Look at This
The successful test of the reusable Starship rocket shows that Elon Musk’s rivals and satellite operators are slipping further behind.
Elon Musk is the rocket man.
Photographer: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images
If there were any doubts about SpaceX’s dominance in space, they were swept away after the company pulled off a near-flawless test of its massive Starship rocket late Tuesday.
After a string of failures, including a spectacular launchpad explosion in June, SpaceX hit all the highlights of its 10th test-launch of the rocket. Starship displayed the ability to recapture both the booster and the payload spacecraft, proving it will be fully reusable.