Hall of smoke5/26/2023 ![]() Hall, a Marlborough native, was selected to be a crew member on the “ dearMoon Project,” a privately funded mission to send an all-civilian crew to orbit the moon aboard a Starship rocket. “I think that seeing Starship in the sky, and beginning to achieve what will eventually be successful flights, was this real indication that this is going to happen - our mission will happen," he said. ![]() (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Imĭespite what SpaceX initially called a “rapid, unscheduled disassembly,” Hall said he’s “more excited than ever" to one day fly to the moon in that same model spacecraft. ![]() SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX - APRIL 20: SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket explodes after launch from Starbase on April 20, 2023. A few of the booster’s 33 engines malfunctioned, causing the spacecraft to lose altitude and tumble before its self-destruct system was activated. And then, all of a sudden, the tips of Starship began rising up through the wall of smoke and up into the sky."įour minutes into the flight, SpaceX’s most powerful rocket - and one slated to take Hall and a civilian crew around the moon - did explode. ![]() “For the first few seconds of the launch, we didn't know if the ship had exploded on the pad or if it wasn't going to lift off of the pad,” Hall said. ![]()
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