{"id":1157,"date":"2023-04-20T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2023-05-02T10:49:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:49:01","slug":"integrated-launch-test-of-the-spacex-starship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/integrated-launch-test-of-the-spacex-starship\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Integrated Launch Test of the SpaceX Starship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a launch hold at the T-20 seconds point for additional checks, the launch of Starship proceeded to successful liftoff. The launch proceeded until at approximately T+3:59 when Starship exploded. Independent of the explosion the mission will be considered a significant success, and an important milestone on our way to returning man to the lunar surface, and in time to Mars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an astrophysicist by degree and a lifelong supporter of space exploration and STEM in general, Paul Borrow-Longain was excited to watch the launch via the SpaceX live stream on Youtube.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many people might question the significant expense involved in space exploration when there are countless other causes on Earth which require enhanced financial support. It&#8217;s imperative to remember that space exploration has advanced aspects of science which have spearheaded advancements on Earth. Space science can&#8217;t be considered the domain of astronauts and unmanned missions exclusively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Borrow-Longain is excited to learn the results of the launch, and the future developments which he is sure will occur in short order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/April3-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/April3-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/April3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/April3-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/April3.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a launch hold at the T-20 seconds point for additional checks, the launch of Starship proceeded to successful liftoff. The launch proceeded until at approximately T+3:59 when Starship exploded. Independent of the explosion the mission will be considered a significant success, and an important milestone on our way to returning man to the lunar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1159,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.farnes.net\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}