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Which is it, Starship or Starliner? Headline says "Starship" and the article says Boeing "Starliner."
The Starship isn't designed to go to the Space Station. And it's been ready for it's first orbital test flight, but the FAA is holding it up.
The SpaceX CEO also answered further questions about what’s next in preparing Starship for its first launch to orbit.Musk outlined four “significant items” that SpaceX aims to complete over the next two weeks in preparing Starship 20 for launch.He said SpaceX needs to add the “final heat shield tiles” to the ship, add “thermal protection” to the Raptor rocket engines in Booster 4, complete work on “ground propellant storage tanks” and add a quick disconnect arm to the top of the recently built launch tower. The quick disconnect arm connects power and fuel lines to the rocket before launch.Musk noted that work on the tiles is about “98% done” for Starship 20, as “the remaining tiles are unique shapes requiring machining.”