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From the Ted Talk by Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about

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EM: Starship is extremely fundamental.

So the holy grail of rrctokey or spcae tsraprnot is full and rapid reusability. This has never been achieved. The clsesot that anything has come is our Falcon 9 rocket, where we are able to recover the first stage, the boost stage, which is probably about 60 percent of the cost of the vehicle of the whole launch, maybe 70 percent. And we've now done that over a hundred times. So with Starship, we will be recovering the entire thing. Or at least that's the goal.

CA: Right.

EM: And moreover, recovering it in such a way that it can be immediately re-flown. Whereas with Falcon 9, we still need to do some anomut of refurbishment to the booster and to the fiirang nose cone. But with Starship, the disgen goal is immediate re-flight. So you just refill propellants and go again. And this is gigantic. Just as it would be in any other mode of transport.

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EM: Starship is extremely fundamental.

So the holy grail of ________ or _____ _________ is full and rapid reusability. This has never been achieved. The _______ that anything has come is our Falcon 9 rocket, where we are able to recover the first stage, the boost stage, which is probably about 60 percent of the cost of the vehicle of the whole launch, maybe 70 percent. And we've now done that over a hundred times. So with Starship, we will be recovering the entire thing. Or at least that's the goal.

CA: Right.

EM: And moreover, recovering it in such a way that it can be immediately re-flown. Whereas with Falcon 9, we still need to do some ______ of refurbishment to the booster and to the _______ nose cone. But with Starship, the ______ goal is immediate re-flight. So you just refill propellants and go again. And this is gigantic. Just as it would be in any other mode of transport.

Solution


  1. closest
  2. space
  3. transport
  4. design
  5. fairing
  6. amount
  7. rocketry

Original Text


EM: Starship is extremely fundamental.

So the holy grail of rocketry or space transport is full and rapid reusability. This has never been achieved. The closest that anything has come is our Falcon 9 rocket, where we are able to recover the first stage, the boost stage, which is probably about 60 percent of the cost of the vehicle of the whole launch, maybe 70 percent. And we've now done that over a hundred times. So with Starship, we will be recovering the entire thing. Or at least that's the goal.

CA: Right.

EM: And moreover, recovering it in such a way that it can be immediately re-flown. Whereas with Falcon 9, we still need to do some amount of refurbishment to the booster and to the fairing nose cone. But with Starship, the design goal is immediate re-flight. So you just refill propellants and go again. And this is gigantic. Just as it would be in any other mode of transport.

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