Elon Musk Touts ‘Successful’ Starship Test, Says Rocket Was 'Intentionally' Launched Faster To Test Heat Shield Capability

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) CEO Elon Musk hailed the commercial space flight company’s Starship rocket after its successful 13th flight test over the weekend. On Saturday, user ...

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