Starship, standing taller than the Statue of Liberty at 394 feet (120 meters) and designed to be fully reusable, represents SpaceX's next-generation workhorse rocket system capable of ferrying some 150 tons of satellites into space. Though Musk, SpaceX's CEO and founder, hailed the Starship launch attempt as exceeding his expectations, it fell far short of its overall test objectives to reach space, complete nearly a full revolution around Earth and reenter the atmosphere for a splashdown off a Hawaiian coast. SpaceX's first attempt to send Starship to space was in April, when the rocket exploded mid-air four minutes after a liftoff that pulverized the company's launchpad and flung sand and concrete chunks for miles. 'The FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy and financial responsibility requirements,' the agency, which oversees commercial launch sites, said in a statement.
