Originally Posted by
ORAC
Musk - one more sea landing for Starship and then they will go for a catch.
Don’t know if that means off Australia again or if they’ll do an orbit and try and land it off the launch site. Since they’ll have to bring it back for a catch I think it probable as a dry run (sic)….
Interesting though. Makes a lot of sense to get as much of the flight plan done as possible before going for the catch. They'd need to give a bit more of a kick to get around the globe for starters, might need a de-orbit burn too. Either way, that'll need the FAA to uplift their licence...
Suspect they'll bin the booster at sea vs getting Tower 2 up and running in some capacity with those timelines.