Elon Musk's Grand Plan for the Starship Megalocket

SpaceX conducted the fourth test flight of its massive Starship rocket on Thursday, with the first-stage Super Heavy booster powering the upper-stage Starship spacecraft into orbit.

 Last week's flight was the most successful Starship test to date, following last year's first two Starship tests that both exploded minutes after liftoff and one in March that performed better and achieved many of its goals.

The booster and spacecraft performed the first successful reentry maneuver and landing burn, with each segment achieving a soft landing in the ocean. "Starship's fourth flight represents significant progress and brings us closer to a rapidly reusable future," SpaceX said in an analysis of the flight.

"Its findings will provide data to drive improvements as we continue to develop Starship into a fully reusable transportation system designed to transport crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond." Reusing the two parts of the most powerful rocket ever is one of the main goals of SpaceX's Starship programmed, as it will reduce the cost of spaceflight for crew and cargo missions to the Moon and beyond and allow for increased flight frequency.

Last week, overweight and interstellar space ship area were lowered into the water, only for target inspection. Although the interstellar spacecraft should one day descend to other celestial bodies and land, SpaceX hopes to provide obesity in a similar way and how to lower the Hordhore Falcon 9 rocket in the first stage

Specifically, SpaceX boss Elon Musk revealed on Sunday that the next Starship test will use an arm from SpaceX's launch tower in Boca Chica, Texas, to try to "catch" it. His update was accompanied by a dramatic video of the Super Heavy booster crashing into the Gulf of Mexico at the end of last week's test.

Musk stated that he hopes to complete the Super Heavy by 2020, which will save SpaceX money on the rocket's chassis. Removing this component from the framework will also reduce the weight of the booster, allowing it to carry less fuel and/or more payload. The fifth Starship test date has not yet been established, but SpaceX aims to increase the frequency of Starship flights, which might occur in the coming months.