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Re:Starship is ready for its 2nd test flight by ryandvm on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @06:21PM (#37412202)
I dunno about that but I do remember watching it blow up and thinking, "I sure as shit wouldn't want to be on the crew scheduled to fly on that later this year."
Re:Starship is ready for its 2nd test flight by chriswarbo on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @06:35PM (#37412364)
Crew won't be launching on Starship any time soon. IIRC the approach being taken for Nasa's human landing system (still several years away) will have the crew launch on SLS, a Starship launching uncrewed and getting topped up in-orbit by tanker ships. Crew will board in lunar orbit to descend/ascend: nobody will be on the booster-assisted part, and launching from the moon will use different thrusters situated higher-up the ship body to avoid digging a hole.

There are private flights proposed, but AFAIK there's no firm schedule. The approach to certification is similar to Falcon 9: have a long series of successful launches. (Unlike e.g. SLS or the Shuttle, which are crew rated during development).

Edit: Maybe you're thinking of Nasa's SLS rocket, which had a successful launch and is meant to be taking crew on a lunar fly-by soon (probably slipped from this year)? (SLS is orange and white with side boosters; Starship is silver and black with fins)