# Starship development and progress \[previous title: Will Musk's starship reach orbit this year?\]

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**Created:** [July 7, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-development-and-progress-previous-title-will-musks-starship-reach-orbit-this-year/967583 "2022-07-07T22:05:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-development-and-progress-previous-title-will-musks-starship-reach-orbit-this-year/967583/494 "2023-10-31T21:18:58Z")

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> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> The least they could do is to invite the seal for a complimentary orbit flight on the house with all expenses covered.

I wonder how well they’d do in space! They’re used to a sorta zero-g environment already. Maybe they’d find it perfectly comfortable swimming around in the air. Maybe give them some extended flippers to give them more thrust.

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