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Ep 147: SpaceX completed three static fires in three days while rehearsing ship catches at Starbase.

October 31, 2026 · 9 min

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SpaceX Daily SpaceX completed three static fires in three days while rehearsing ship catches at Starbase. Top News SpaceX completed all engine testing for Flight 15 and catch rehearsals for Flight 16 in eight days at Starbase Booster 22 performed a full-duration 15-second static fire with all 33 Raptor engines on October 25 after rolling out to Pad 2 on October 24. ... Sources: nasaspaceflight.com · magzter.com · fourweekmba.com · teslarati.com · earthjustice.org · x.com Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:19 Top News 1:41 Elon Musk stated orbital compute will exceed terrestrial compute by 2029 1:58 TIME Magazine examined why Starshield remains critical to Ukraine 2:15 Grok Bot 1.0 reached Cursor’s production servers 77 days after entering beta 2:51 A court denied xAI’s motion to dismiss an air-pollution lawsuit 3:18 Commercial Starship satellite launches via Pez dispenser could begin around 2029 3:39 NASA’s Artemis program acceleration was discussed live with the Administrator 4:11 The Counterpoint 4:34 AI & Compute 4:53 The Engineering Angle 7:57 Closing AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production. 🎬 Watch on YouTube (public from 7:00 AM ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je6Db5WILwQ Enjoyed this episode? A rating or short review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps SpaceX Daily reach the next listener who wants the same thing: sourced updates, no outrage diet. SpaceX Daily is part of Nerra Network, a family of free shows, most of them daily. 📝 Full show notes, transcript & sources: read the episode page 📬 Get the sources and notes by email, free: join the newsletter 🌐 Part of the Nerra Network — explore every show at nerranetwork.com.

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