![]() A satellite payload is scheduled to take off with Falcon 9 from the Kennedy Space Center on January 6 at 4:49 p.m. This is disappointing for any eager Starship fans, but hopefully, a delay just means that SpaceX has even more time to prepare for a seamless spring launch.īut while it waits on the FAA, SpaceX is wasting no time with Starlink. The Federal Aviation Administration has pushed back its Programmatic Environmental Assessment decision for the Starship launch to February 28. These Starship tests are exciting and promising, but unfortunately, Starship won’t be flexing its new muscles any time soon. “They tried for a fifth static fire but aborted later in the evening.” “It looks like only one tile was dislodged which was a much better outcome than the last test,” LabPadre wrote in the caption. SpaceX: Getting fired upīoca Chica update channel LabPadre posted a video of SpaceX conducting another red-hot static fire test on S20. They’re good reminders that no car is invincible. But, to put it in perspective, in 2021, General Motors recalled around 400,000 trucks for exploding airbags and Ford recalled 3 million vehicles, also for malfunctioning airbags. This large recall, which involves more Teslas than the total delivered in 2020, is frightening news for Tesla owners and potential buyers. ![]() In addition, Tesla recalled 119,009 Model S vehicles that might have a spontaneously opening front trunk and around 200,000 vehicles in China for the same reason. Tesla recently recalled 356,309 Model 3 vehicles out of concern for a faulty rear camera. Of course, with progress comes growing pains. The company made 936,000 total vehicle deliveries in 2021, a considerable accomplishment for Tesla, which made under 500,000 deliveries in 2020. The company announced on January 2 that it “achieved production of more than 305,000 vehicles and deliveries of over 308,000 vehicles,” cracking open its record of 241,300 deliveries made last quarter. As people push for cleaner and greener energy, hopefully Musk is right. It’s an optimistic setup for the new year, which some activists fear will showcase how dire our climate crisis is becoming. Musk quote of the week: “Most people still have no idea that sustainable energy generation is growing so fast” - Elon Musk tweeted on December 27. This week, members will hear from SpaceX Reddit moderator Forest Katsch.Ī version of this article appeared in the “Musk Reads” newsletter. Last week, Musk Reads + members discovered five important things to expect from Elon Musk in 2021. It’s the free edition of Musk Reads #279 - subscribe now to receive two more emails later this week.
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