{"id":23439,"date":"2020-03-08T00:53:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/weekend-reading-inside-elon-musks-plan-to-build-one-starship-a-week-and-settle-mars\/"},"modified":"2020-03-08T00:53:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:53:43","slug":"weekend-reading-inside-elon-musks-plan-to-build-one-starship-a-week-and-settle-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/weekend-reading-inside-elon-musks-plan-to-build-one-starship-a-week-and-settle-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Reading: \u201cInside Elon Musk\u2019s plan to build one Starship a week\u2014and settle Mars\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"686\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/starship_mk1_night_v2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"3840,2379\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"starship_mk1_night_v2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My interest in SpaceX\u2019s Starship mega rocket has been limited so far because the company is still in the build-it-and-blow-it-up phase of assembly, but I have to admit there\u2019s something alluring about huge rockets from any company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Berger has an in-depth profile on <em>Ars Technica <\/em>that looks at what exactly Elon Musk\u2019s rocket company is working on with Starship:<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-683\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>How badly does Elon Musk want to get to Mars? Let me tell you a story. On Sunday, February 23, Musk called an all-hands meeting at the South Texas site where SpaceX is building his Starship spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p><em>It was 1am<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>At an hour when most Americans were throwing down their last shots before closing time, at home in bed, or binge-watching&nbsp;<em>The Office<\/em>&nbsp;before it leaves Netflix, Musk brought his team together. He wanted to know why the Starship factory wasn\u2019t humming at all hours. Why steel sheets weren\u2019t getting welded into domes and fuel tanks, why tanks were not being stacked into rockets, why things weren\u2019t going as&nbsp;<em>fast<\/em>&nbsp;as he wanted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even without proven spaceflight yet, the 37-engine rocket garners a ton of attention. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignwide wp-block-embed is-type-rich wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sOpMrVnjYeY?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helped by the fact that the launch and assembly location is right out in the open of its South Texas community, there are a number of excellent resources to follow for day to day updates on what\u2019s happening with Starship.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-683',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignwide wp-block-embed is-type-rich wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CR9-cC68H1c?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which Elon doesn\u2019t seem to mind, even when the unexpected happens:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=apollozac&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=e30%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1234396086581809152&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2020%2F03%2F06%2Fspacex-starship-profile%2F&amp;sessionId=dc135f9f01afc9bc699ddd69720181931a62d080&amp;siteScreenName=space_explored&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=500px\" data-tweet-id=\"1234396086581809152\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1783317060959442547=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So \u2026 how was your night? https:\/\/t.co\/tbJDYIQjXd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn much more about Starship at SpaceX.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My interest in SpaceX\u2019s Starship mega rocket has been limited so far because the company is still in the build-it-and-blow-it-up phase of assembly, but I have to admit there\u2019s something alluring about huge rockets from any company. 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