Starship Launch 6 and Chinese Cooperation in Space

Space Technologies

Good morning,

Ignore the table below. Starship went last night and achieved only one of SpaceX’s objectives for the test. SpaceX succeeded in restarting Raptor engines in the vacuum of space (6 of them to be specific). Unfortunately, they called off the catch of the booster, opting instead for an ocean splash down.

China continues to struggle to catch up to SpaceX in terms of launch cadence. But on the upside, they are apparently open to collaborating on space exploration. Speaking of China, in their meeting in Brazil, Xi outlined his ‘red lines’ to Biden. It basically comes down to ‘stay out of our affairs’ with a fairly liberal interpretation of their affairs.

Now let’s blast off!