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Big SpaceX Starship will splash down near Kauai — with a bit of uncertainty built into first test

COURTESY SPACEX
                                Elon Musk has been tweeting updates of his plans for a SpaceX flight, which includes deorbiting in the Pacific, near Kauai. The SpaceX Starship is shown with upper stage and “Super Heavy” booster mated Aug. 10 in a test stack of the nearly 400-foot rocket ship at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas.

COURTESY SPACEX

Elon Musk has been tweeting updates of his plans for a SpaceX flight, which includes deorbiting in the Pacific, near Kauai. The SpaceX Starship is shown with upper stage and “Super Heavy” booster mated Aug. 10 in a test stack of the nearly 400-foot rocket ship at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas.