Resolves YES if SpaceX Starship reaches an altitude of at least 100km (the Karman line definition of space) before September 1, 2023, otherwise NO.
This question is about vehicle designs descended from the existing designs of Starship - i.e. if they make substantial changes or rename the vehicle, it still counts. But a vehicle based on e.g. the Falcon 9 would not count, even if SpaceX called it a Starship.
(This question's criteria is chosen to be less ambiguous than the questions about whether it reaches orbit, where it is unclear whether a planned borderline-orbital test flight, with perigee within the atmosphere, counts as orbital.)
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A tropical depression expected to make landfall in Texas at 7am local time, Boca Chica is in the warning zone. Quoting /u/santacfan on reddit:
Landfall expected around 7am tomorrow
At 1000 AM CDT (1500 UTC), the disturbance was centered near latitude 25.0 North, longitude 89.9 West. The system is moving toward the west near 16 mph (26 km/h). A fast motion to the west is expected to continue, and the system is forecast to move inland over south Texas early Tuesday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 30 mph (45 km/h) with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast, and the system is expected to become a tropical storm before it reaches the Texas coast.
Satellite images indicate that the system is becoming better organized and it is expected to become a tropical depression later today.
Formation chance through 48 hours...high...90 percent.
Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1008 mb (29.77 inches).