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Mon. 02/06 - Drinking Virgin Cola on Mars

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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SpaceX’s Starship rocket might be attempting its first-ever orbital launch next month. Plus, a look back at another space billionaire’s brief appearance in the soda wars with Virgin Cola. And a quick update on the AI Seinfeld cartoon. Sponsors: Indeed, Indeed.com/goodnews ZocDoc, zocdoc.com/coolstuff Links: Get ready: SpaceX Starship's first launch is for real (Mashable) SpaceX will attempt Starship orbital test in March, says Elon Musk (Engadget) SpaceX eyeing March for 1st Starship orbital flight, Elon Musk says (Space.com) Bigger, faster, farther: A batch of new rockets is set to blast into space this year (NBC News) Virgin Cola: Richard Branson's Greatest Failure (Tedium) Watch Pepsi, Where's My Jet? (Netflix) Endless Seinfeld episode grinds to a halt after AI comic violates Twitch guidelines (Ars Technica) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SpaceX's Starship Rocket might be attempting its first ever orbital launch next month.

0:48.2

Plus, a look back at another space billionaire's brief appearance in the Soda Wars with Virgin Cola, and a quick update on

0:57.5

that AI Seinfeld cartoon.

0:59.9

Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.

1:05.2

It's been years in the making, but SpaceX might be conducting their Starship rocket's first-ever orbital launch next month.

1:15.3

Starship is their super heavy-lift rocket and spacecraft that's been designed with the intention of one day carrying humans into deep space,

1:24.7

specifically Mars. But before that, a version of Starship will be used by NASA as a

1:30.8

human landing system to take astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the moon on Artemis 3 and 4.

1:38.0

Speaking of Artemis, much fanfare was made over Artemis 1 and the debut flight of NASA's new

1:43.5

space launch system, or SLS rocket,

1:46.7

which stands at 322 feet tall, taller than Big Ben.

1:52.5

Starship is even bigger, clocking in at 394 feet tall and with almost twice as much thrust,

2:04.0

according to SpaceX. Starship also differs from the other super heavy lift rocket in that it uses liquid methane and oxygen instead of liquid

2:09.9

hydrogen and oxygen. Liquid methane can be stored at more manageable temperatures and isn't as

2:16.0

prone to leaks as liquid hydrogen, a constant challenge

2:20.2

for NASA launches, as you may remember, from the many scrubbed launch attempts for Artemis 1.

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