Talk:SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)

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Is S34 complete or still under construction

The AFT section of the ship was rolled out and stacked a few days ago, however the ship hasnt got its AFT flaps installed yet. should we keep it as under construction should it be operational? AllThingsSpace33 (talk) 04:10, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I generally mark it as operational after final stacking. But we should establish guidelines. Redacted II (talk) 14:12, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i tried to make the edit to operational but the table wasnt wanting to change to the S33 similar text

can you please help. AllThingsSpace33 (talk) 10:49, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Changed it for you, it was because you seemed to have mistakenly added an extra {{ to the start of the template, thus it broke.

I removed these and now it works as expected Joost van Assenbergh (talk) 11:04, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Style

Unfortunately this article seems really difficult to understand for anyone who isn’t an engineer. It is filled with jargon like “sump”, “downcomers”, and “stringers “. If some of these terms could be explained or simplified the article would be much improved. Jthawort (talk) 22:07, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sump and stringer both link to pages of their own which explain them. "Downcomer" is of less certain origin; either a simple description of what it does (come down from the upper tank so its contents can feed the engines) or possibly a misapplication of a term for part of a boiler (see Glossary of boiler terms). Largely Legible Layman (talk) 22:45, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Downcomer is the tube that transfer propellant to the engines.

I can change the wording if you'd like. Redacted II (talk) 20:36, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of Starship vehicles

I've created a draft of the List of Starship vehicles article. This is due to the size of the article: its already a substantial article without the list, but with it, it's larger than the main Starship article. Its time to split it off. Redacted II (talk) 02:56, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Its now an article. Redacted II (talk) 14:03, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Change name to upperstage?

Technically speaking, this would be called the Upperstage. not the "Spacecraft"

So we should change this page's name to "SpaceX Starship (upperstage)" DarthMacOG (talk) 21:41, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually both.

And it has been discussed before, with no real consensus. Redacted II (talk) 02:17, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Failures section in the Infobox

One of the listed failures in the infobox is the Ship 36 static fire failure. Contrary to all the other listings (only the IFTs), this is not a launch success or failure. S36’s failure was a ground test. Hence, shouldn’t it be removed from the listing to maintain consistency? And were S36 to remain listed in the infobox, shouldn’t all the other pre-IFT ships (Mk1, SN1, SN3, SN4, SN5 and so on) be listed as successes and failures as per their real outcomes? CaptHorizon (talk) 16:02, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

S36 removal has already done by someone else. Redacted II (talk) 01:06, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Swapping to Stage Infobox

Starship is primarily a second stage. Why aren't we using a spacecraft infobox, instead of a template designed for stages?

(Also, if anyone has a public image of a Block 2 vehicle... please upload it) Redacted II (talk) 13:43, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update the page image to represent the current vehicles

The current page image of the article represents a Version 1 Ship (Ship 20), which doesnt represent the current vehicle. AllThingsSpace33 (talk) 22:39, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have an available image?

You basically have to take a photo yourself in order to use it here. Redacted II (talk) 22:56, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]