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Despite recent success, some feel that Starship development has slowed down. The flight cadence did drop for a couple of years, but I want to highlight what they've accomplished in that time and compare this program to other historic programs to see how it compares.
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(0:00) Intro
(0:50) Three Years at Starbase
(3:16) Saturn V
(7:09) Sponsor
(8:24) Space Shuttle
(9:58) Falcon 9
(11:25) Conclusion
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1. SpaceX: Starship | Fourth Flight Test (Fair Use)
2. SpaceX: Starbase | Gateway to Mars (Fair Use)
3. Alexander Hatley: Texas Boca Chica Starbase (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
4. Jared Krahn: Starship SN9 Wide Angle (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
5. SpaceX: Starship | SN6 | 150m Flight Test (Fair Use)
6. SpaceX: Starship | SN8 | HighAltitude Flight Recap (Fair Use)
7. SpaceX: Starship | SN10 | HighAltitude Flight Recap (Fair Use)
8. Cosmic Perspective: Starship SN10 landing and explosion slow motion (Used with permission • Starship SN10 landing and explosion s... )
9. SpaceX: Starship | Preparing for Third Flight Test (Fair Use)
10. Nomadd: SpaceX Starhopper (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
11. Osunpokeh: Starship IFT2 Ascent (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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13. NASA: Apollo Saturn V Test Vehicle (Public Domain)
14. SpaceX: 150 Meter Starhopper Test (Fair Use)
15. NASA: Saturn Engine Applications (Public Domain)
16. NASA: Saturn I (SA3) Launch (Public Domain)
17. Jim Evans: Saturn V Rocket Johnson Space Center (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
18. NASA: STS133 Discovery approaches the Space Station (Public Domain)
19. NASA: DragonEye on STS133 (Public Domain)
20. NASA: President Nixon and James Fletcher Discuss the Space Shuttle (Public Domain)
21. NASA: Dynamic Test Facility with Shuttle in place for testing (Public Domain)
22. NASA: OV101CaptiveFlights (Public Domain)
23. NASA: Space Shuttle Enterprise in freeflight over Rogers Dry Lake (Public Domain)
24. NASA: Space Shuttle Columbia launching (Public Domain)
25. NASA: KSC20200119PHAWG04 0008 (Public Domain)
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