The BUZZ @ ISDI Issue 1 - September 2019 | Page 15

If that fourth launch had not succeeded, there would have been curtains. But fate smiled upon us that day.” September 28th, 2019 This Saturday, Elon Musk announced newer variants of the Spacex rockets, Starship rockets intended to help in building habit ation on Mars. Unlike the previous versions, these rockets are made of stainless steel instead of carbon fiber, making it cheaper to fly while avoiding melting at a high temperature. The new Starship rockets are connected to boosters that send in the rockets into space and then come back to earth to recharge and send more rockets.