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ELON MUSK: “In order to ascend the Kardashev scale, in order to get to any meaningful percentage of the sun's energy harness, you have to go to space. If you want to get to, say, a millionth of the power output of the sun, you would have to increase civilizational energy harness by much more than a millionth.

We currently use much less than a trillionth of the power output of the sun. And a trillion is a million times a million. So basically, we're basically practically nowhere on the Kardashev 2 scale.”

STARSHIP FLIGHT 15 GOALS:

— Attempt the first return and catch of both Starship and Super Heavy at the launch site
— Deploy 26 production Starlink V3 satellites
— Reach an orbital altitude of around 275 km
— Complete approximately 14 orbits during a 22+ hour flight
— Test Starship’s first return-to-launch-site and tower catch
— Demonstrate Super Heavy V3’s first boostback and tower catch
— Test upgraded heatshield tiles and onboard cameras to evaluate heatshield performance during reentry

“Starship is the kind of thing that makes people from little kids to seniors excited about the future.”

— Elon Musk

Starship Ship 42 has been moved to the Starbase launch pad ahead of Flight 15

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