SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has given us a glimpse of the company’s Starship test flight rocket, dubbed the “Hopper”. The test flight rocket had just finished assembly, Musk tweeted, along with a photo of the rocket.
Formerly known as the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), the fully reusable vehicle designed to take humans and supplies to Mars and also to dramatically cut travel time within Earth. It is designed to service all Earth orbit needs as well as the Moon and Mars.
The Starship Hopper that Musk showcased will do suborbital vertical flight tests similar to the Falcon 9 Hopper back in 2013. “Orbital version is taller, has thicker skins (won’t wrinkle) & a smoothly curving nose section,” he added.