SpaceX is gearing up for a key test of its immense rocket that is designed for commercial launches, as well as the Mars mission Elon Musk has long sought.  Near a beach east of Brownsville, Texas, employees at Mr. Musk’s space company are preparing for the inaugural orbital flight of Starship, the towering rocket system the company has been developing for years to one day launch into deep space. The initial test mission would last around 90 minutes, beginning with a fiery blast of the ship’s booster over the Gulf of Mexico, SpaceX has said in a regulatory filing.   It isn’t clear when SpaceX will attempt the first flight, after dates Mr. Musk has discussed came and went. Some officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a customer for a version of Starship, previously said they thought the mission could occur in early December. Mr. Musk, who acquired Twitter Inc. and recently delivered Tesla Inc.’s first all-electric semitrailer trucks, has described getting Starship into orbit as one of his main goals. At SpaceX, which Mr. Musk founded in 2002 and still leads, he has said the rocket system is consuming significant resources and faces formidable technical hurdles.   00:00:00 - Let's GO GO GO! 00:00:01 - SpaceX starship orbital flight test overview 00:01:00 - History of Starship orbital flight test 2021 00:01:30 - Steps for Orbital Flight test 00:01:40 - Orbital Launch Mount 00:03:00 - Booster 7 00:03:30 - Booster 9 00:04:00 - NASA HLS Starship 00:04:45 - Starship Setbacks 00:05:45 - NASA Admin questions Starship Production 00:06:00 - Gwynn Shotwell response to NASA 00:07:15 - Postponed Starship Orbital Flights & FAA  ►► https://starshipshirts.com►► https://discord.gg/dMXghpX►► https://twitch.tv/spacenewspod►► https://facebook.com/spacenewspod►► https://patreon.com/spacenewspod►► https://twitter.com/spacenewspod►► https://instagram.com/thespacenewspod►► https://gofund.me/0c6956f4