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The rocket that's tried to reach orbit more times than most people change careers.
means A large spacecraft, especially one envisioned or built for interplanetary or interstellar travel.
from A straightforward compound of 'star' and 'ship,' built on the old nautical metaphor of vessels sailing through space. The word was a staple of early-to-mid-20th-century science fiction before it ever named a real machine — popularized by pulp magazines and franchises like Star Trek — and later borrowed back into reality as the name for actual rocket programs chasing the fiction.
- height
- nearly 400 feet, taller than the Statue of Liberty
- design philosophy
- blow up fast, learn faster, rebuild by Tuesday
- fuel
- liquid methane, basically bottled Mars gas
- ambition
- built to make humans a multi-planet species