SpaceX’s Starship update comes at a critical time for the program

Enlarge / A view of Starbase in South Texas on Tuesday morning, with Ship 20 and Booster 4 ready for stacking. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann)

SpaceX founder Elon Musk will host a "Starship presentation" on Thursday evening in South Texas at the company's launch and production site.

The event will provide Musk's first comprehensive update on the vehicle's progress toward launch-and plans for when it is operational-since September 2019. SpaceX has made enormous progress on the Super Heavy rocket and Starship upper stage since that time, but some critical questions remain. The presentation will certainly be livestreamed by the company, and Ars will be on hand for the event.

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