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Starship SN-8 of Space X corporation made its first High-altitude flight recap

 



Starship SN-8 of Space X corporation made its first High-altitude flight recap

This is a marvelous moment for space research and engineering. The first time the VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) space shuttle had been flown at high altitude and made the landing without the need to use a parachute. This means that the system is more flexible than the space shuttles, which are made in past.

By watching the film you can see how the rocket engines are shaking while the craft is flying. In the cases that the wobbling causes damages to the ventilation and tubes, the engines are easy to change after the flight. And the shuttle can get to a new mission faster than regular shuttles.

So this kind of spacecraft can revolutionize space missions in both civilian and military areas. The space shuttles can send repairment crews or repairment robots and materials to space in the cases that the satellites or some space stations are damaged. Or they can also make the high-altitude mapping or recon missions. But another thing is that this kind of space shuttles can also be used as space fighters or make orbital bombardment missions. And that thing is one of the scariest things in the world.

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Things like MiG-105 "Spiral"(1) are causing discussions about how far the HGV (Hypersonic Glide Vehicle)(2) is developed. The small-size shuttle can equip with a warhead and along with Polyus(3), the MiG-105 is one of the scariest things in the world. And also USAF X-37B (4) can be used as a similar weapon system. The glider is launched from the rocket, and then it would start to glide against the target. Then the internal warhead will detonate.

The fact is that the militarization of space is a sad thing. And that means that at least also Russia and China((5) have this kind of shuttle project. We know that Russia is planning a new type of nuclear weapon, and this kind of space shuttle can also operate as a ballistic missile with the capacity to return the warhead. Maybe there are things like Polyus II type of projects, which are nastier than some Status-6 ever could be.

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-105

(2) https://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/missile-threat-and-proliferation/missile-basics/hypersonic-missiles/

(3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyus_(spacecraft)

(4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37

(5) https://www.overtdefense.com/2020/09/07/new-space-plane-launched-by-china/


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