SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Reveals Starship Taking Aim At Florida Launch With 2 Towers And 'Far Better' Alloy Than Stainless Steel 301
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Reveals Starship Taking Aim At Florida Launch With 2 Towers And 'Far Better' Alloy Than Stainless Steel 301
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed that the company is contemplating launching its Starship rocket, aimed at returning humans to the Moon, from Florida.
SpaceX首席执行官埃隆·马斯克透露，该公司正在考虑从佛罗里达发射旨在将人类送回月球的星际飞船火箭。
What Happened: All development and manufacturing of the Starship currently takes place at Starbase in Texas. All three of the Starship's past test flights launched from the commercial spaceport located in Cameron County near the Gulf of Mexico.
发生了什么：星际飞船的所有开发和制造目前都在德克萨斯州的Starbase进行。星际飞船过去的三次试飞都是从位于墨西哥湾附近的卡梅伦县的商业太空港发射的。
However, Musk took to social media and said the company aims to build two Starship towers at Cape Canaveral in Florida, hinting at plans to launch Starships from the state. While one of the two towers is expected to be at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, the location for the second is still under consideration, the CEO said.
但是，马斯克在社交媒体上表示，该公司的目标是在佛罗里达州的卡纳维拉尔角建造两座星际飞船塔，暗示计划从该州发射星际飞船。首席执行官表示，虽然两座塔楼中的一座预计将位于肯尼迪航天中心39A号发射综合体，但第二座塔楼的位置仍在考虑中。
"We're aiming to build two towers at the Cape for Starship, one at 39A and another tbd (we don't have final approval yet)," Musk wrote.
马斯克写道：“我们的目标是在星际飞船角建造两座塔楼，一座位于39A，另一座待定（我们还没有最终批准）。”
We're aiming to build two towers at the Cape for Staeship, one at 39A and another tbd (we don't have final approval yet)
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2024
我们的目标是在 Cape for Staeship 建造两座塔楼，一座位于 39A，另一座待定（我们还没有获得最终批准）
— 埃隆·马斯克 (@elonmusk) 2024 年 5 月 20 日
Musk also added that the team at SpaceX has developed a new metal alloy "far better" than stainless steel 301 for the Starship.
马斯克还补充说，SpaceX的团队已经为星际飞船开发了一种比不锈钢301 “好得多” 的新金属合金。
The SpaceX Advanced Materials team has since developed a new metal alloy far better than 301
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2024
此后，SpaceX 先进材料团队开发了一种远优于 301 的新金属合金
— 埃隆·马斯克 (@elonmusk) 2024 年 5 月 20 日
Why It Matters: Earlier this week, Musk said that SpaceX would launch its Starship rocket again in about two weeks, pegging the next launch for early June. For the next flight, Starship's goal is to re-enter Earth's atmosphere with all systems functioning despite the extreme heat, he added.
为何重要：本周早些时候，马斯克表示，SpaceX将在大约两周后再次发射其星际飞船火箭，并将下一次发射定于6月初。他补充说，在下一次飞行中，星际飞船的目标是重新进入地球大气层，尽管极端高温，但所有系统仍能运行。
Starship is touted as the world's most powerful launch vehicle with its 121-meter tall frame weighing approximately 5,000 tonnes.
星际飞船被吹捧为世界上最强大的运载火箭，其高达121米，重约5,000吨。
During Starship's previous flight test on March 14, the spacecraft lost contact and broke down while re-entering the planet's atmosphere instead of splashing down as planned in the Indian Ocean. The entirety of the last flight lasted about an hour. SpaceX launched the Starship twice last year — the first time in April and then in November.
在3月14日星际飞船的上一次飞行测试中，该航天器在重新进入地球大气层时失去联系并发生故障，而不是按计划在印度洋坠落。最后一次飞行持续了大约一个小时。SpaceX去年两次发射了星际飞船——第一次是在4月，然后在11月。
NASA is currently relying on the success of Starship to land humans back on the moon. The last crewed lunar mission occurred in 1972 with Apollo 17. Since then, no crew has traveled beyond low-Earth orbit.
美国宇航局目前依靠星际飞船的成功使人类重返月球。最后一次载人登月任务发生在1972年的阿波罗17号。从那以后，没有机组人员飞越过低地轨道。
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