Will SpaceX launch IFT-3 by May AND successfully demonstrate in-orbit propellant transfer?
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NO

Resolves Yes if IFT-3 launches by May and successfully demonstrates propellant transfer.

  • Defining reaching orbit as a stable orbit and completing at least one revolution around Earth

  • Defining successful propellant transfer based on how SpaceX/NASA report

Elon Musk stated IFT-3 goals here:

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxSnl8J96XUzY43RZ8WxTcJVBoEknjqji9?si=yQUOdCUXq3XoK622

Therefore the resolution options are:

  • Will resolve Yes if they reach true orbit and demonstrate propellant transfer

  • Will resolve No if they reach true orbit and fail to demonstrate propellant transfer

  • Will resolve No if they fail to reach true orbit and succeed in demonstrating propellant transfer

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Why is this market so pessimistic? Does it not count propellant transfer within Starship, ie. between two starships required for yes?

@ChristopherKalitin It does count propellant transfer within a singular starship. However we had a conversation about my definition of orbit - in which case the current sentiment is that IFT-3 does not plan to reach orbit, similar to IFT-2's "near-orbital" trajectory.