The launch – and subsequent explosion – of Elon Musk’s Starship is actually just the very beginning of the spacecraft’s long road to carrying humans to different planets.

So what’s next for the most powerful rocket ever built? I explore what’s next for SpaceX, NASA and the future of human space exploration.

00:00 The takeoff and landing of SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy rocket
0:47 Where SpaceX’s Starship is headed
1:58 What did we learn from the test flight?
2:47 What will it take to get Starship to the moon?

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