Musk: Starship launch ‘may not be successful’

Musk says expectations should remain low for the Starship system, and that his team is mainly looking to gather data about how the vehicle ascends to space and returns back to Earth.

I guess I would just like to set expectations… low…Success is not what should be expected. It’s just a very fundamentally difficult thing. Probably, tomorrow will not be successful… If we get far enough away from the launchpad before something goes wrong, I would consider that to be a success. Just don’t blow up the launchpad.

Starship is due to launch at 8am CST (2pm BST).

Launch attempt tomorrow pic.twitter.com/czFsQ53Xsa

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 16, 2023