However, when SpaceX sent out a Flying Saucer shaped spacecraft into space, the silence articulated its own story.
The latest prototype test launch happened in the early hours of Tuesday when a Falcon 9 rocket launched a re-entry capsule shaped like a flying saucer.
Of course, the share has seen heavy selling pressure over the week, which was another reason Musk could have used the flying saucer to bolster things up.
After demonstrating controlled flight, the spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean,” said the post on X.
“Deployment of Starfall confirmed,” SpaceX vague-posted after the launch and before the capsule presumably plunged into the Pacific Ocean.
When Elon Musk launches something, the Universe gets to know, given that there is nothing that the world’s first trillionaire likes than blowing his own trumpet. However, when SpaceX sent out a Flying Saucer shaped spacecraft into space, the silence articulated its own story.
The latest prototype test launch happened in the early hours of Tuesday when a Falcon 9 rocket launched a re-entry capsule shaped like a flying saucer. However, there were no livestreams, no fireworks and no publicity of any kind. Ostensibly, the launch might have some serious military implications.
Else, why would Musk miss out such a golden chance to take centre stage barely two weeks after the blockbuster IPO of SpaceX that turned him into the world’s first trillionaire. Of course, the share has seen heavy selling pressure over the week, which was another reason Musk could have used the flying saucer to bolster things up.
That he didn’t or more likely wasn’t allowed to points to some secretive stuff. Be that as it may, once the capsule called Starfall was launched from the Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, a brief livestream did go live, but none actually got to watch what happened once the rocket reached upper stage launch protocols.
“SpaceX has developed a new spacecraft called Starfall, which is, at its core, a microgravity lab that researchers and entrepreneurs can leverage to develop their products and innovations,” the host of a SpaceX webcast said. “There is a huge opportunity to benefit life on Earth through microgravity research and in-space manufacturing.”
Later, in a post via their X handle, SpaceX said, “Deployment of Starfall confirmed.” This was before the capsule re-entered and plunged into the Pacific Ocean.
“Today’s mission includes a demo of a new vehicle that will enable affordable, routine access to the microgravity environment for scientific research and in-space manufacturing. After demonstrating controlled flight, the spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean,” said the post on X.
“Deployment of Starfall confirmed,” SpaceX vague-posted after the launch and before the capsule presumably plunged into the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX did not share if Starfall survived its reentry or whether it was recovered.
In recent times, we have read reports around how the Pentagon has sought spacecraft that can carry weapons and military supplies of all sorts. Given that SpaceX has contracts with the Department of War (Defence), it is anybody’s guess whether the latest efforts were aimed at testing out SpaceX rockets delivering supplies around the globe under their Project Cargo.
