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Episode: SpaceX Closer to Mars Mission After Starhopper Flight
Description: This week, SpaceX successfully tested the Starhopper prototype in Texas. In just 57.36 seconds, the rocket lifted off, reached 150 m, and then stuck the landing. It was the craft’s second successful test. In July, it reached 18 m, because the FAA had restricted it to less than 25 m. According to a report from designboom, Starhopper is part of a broader R&D effort to burn liquid methane in SpaceX’s engines instead of kerosene. The technology seems destined for a mission to Mars. Elon Musk ended a series of congratulatory tweets by stating that the cra...