CEO of «Space-X» Elon Musk confirmed in his «Twitter»`e information on, the layout is almost life-size produced by his company spaceship «Starship» destroyed on launch pad strong wind.
This model of the spacecraft, even supposedly designed for vertical test flight, was established 10 January 2019 year under construction corporation «Space-X» in the US state of Texas new private spaceport "Bona Chica".
but, after standing for at least two weeks, test model spacecraft was 23 January 2019 year destroyed by strong winds, and therefore further tests postponed for a few weeks (according to meteorological, the maximum wind speed in the area did not exceed the Baikonur 80 kmh).
Layout interplanetary spacecraft “Starship” at the launch site in Texas shortly after installation
known, that the spacecraft «Starship» is created to carry out manned interplanetary flights, and will be one of the steps of the new superheavy rocket «Big Falcon», developed as «Space-X» Corporation.
note, yesterday the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has announced plans to release on space exploration in 2019-2021 gg. 515 bln., and demanded to strengthen the effectiveness of the use of these funds, noting with regret, that at the cosmodrome "East" so far built only 5 of 19 objects, and that similar delays in the development of the industry are not allowed.
Add to this, that even in 2014 year our country has been a leader in the number of successful space launches, and to 2019 , we unexpectedly quickly dropped already 3 place in this ranking, having passed forward not only to the US, but even China.
