The Man-Made Miracle of SpaceX
The SpaceX Starship spacecraft lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
I was at the first launch of Starship. One year and three launches later, let me tell you about what it means for the future—and for America.
Here’s a story my future grandchildren are going to hear from me more than once: I was on South Padre Island on April 20, 2023, when SpaceX launched its Starship for the very first time from Boca Chica Beach. It will be essential that they hear it from me, though, because this is how it was reported by the press at the time:
Was the SpaceX launch really …
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