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Trump joins Musk to watch Starship test launch
The Philippine Star
|November 21, 2024
SpaceX flew its latest test flight of its Starship megarocket on Tuesday, with US president-elect Donald Trump joining Elon Musk to witness the spectacle firsthand in the latest sign of their ever closer ties.
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But the Republican leader was deprived of the chance to see the descending first stage caught in the launch tower's "chopstick" arms, an engineering marvel demonstrated by the company last month and one he personally lauded during his election victory speech.
Instead, the massive Super Heavy booster made a more subdued splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
This story is from the November 21, 2024 edition of The Philippine Star.
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