RT Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV)ORBITAL PROPELLANT TRANSFER: THE NEXT BIG HURDLE FOR STARSHIP – ELON MUSK ON WHY IT’S ESSENTIAL FOR MOON & MARSOne of the most important technologies we still need for Moon and Mars missions is orbital propellant transfer.This is the next big hurdle to solve for Starship, and SpaceX is targeting the first ship-to-ship transfer demo as early as June this year.The operation itself is extreme:~80% Liquid Oxygen~20% Liquid MethaneTwo skyscraper-sized Starships dock ...

ORBITAL PROPELLANT TRANSFER: THE NEXT BIG HURDLE FOR STARSHIP – ELON MUSK ON WHY IT’S ESSENTIAL FOR MOON & MARSOne of the most important technologies we still need for Moon and Mars missions is orbital propellant transfer.This is the next big hurdle to solve for Starship, and SpaceX is targeting the first ship-to-ship transfer demo as early as June this year.The operation itself is extreme:~80% Liquid Oxygen~20% Liquid MethaneTwo skyscraper-sized Starships docking at ~17,500 mph in Earth orbitIt almost soun ...