---
title: "Elon Musk Provides Peek Inside Starship Factory"
description: "In an image uploaded to Twitter on Sunday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave us a rare glimpse at the inside of his space company's Starship factory in Texas."
date: "2020-02-10"
modified: "2020-02-10"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-peek-inside-starship-factory"
categories:
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Space"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "Starship"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "SpaceX"
  - "Starship"
  - "the digest"
---

# Elon Musk Provides Peek Inside Starship Factory

![In an image uploaded to Twitter on Sunday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave us a rare glimpse at the inside of his space company's Starship factory in Texas.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/elon-musk-peek-inside-starship-factory.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Elon Musk via Twitter\</em\>*

## Hard at Work

In an image uploaded to Twitter on Sunday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk provided a rare glimpse at the inside of his space company SpaceX's Starship production facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

And the progress since the company's scaled-down "Starhopper" prototype [flew](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starhopper-fly-last-time>) for the last time only nine months ago is impressive.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1226379201021972481

The image shows three bulkheads, which are parts of the rocket's fuselage. It also shows what [*Teslarati* reports](<https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-spacex-starship-production-well-underway/>) are parts of the bottom of the tank dome, which will later be outfitted with Raptor engines.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1226782238035054592

## Rocket Factory

The goal is to finish a working prototype of the massive Starship rocket — designed to one day carry up to 100 tons or [100 passengers](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-bfr-earth>) to the Moon or Mars — for a [suborbital test flight](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starship-miles-high-test-flight-march>) that could happen as soon as March.

Towering at 165 feet tall without boosters, Starship is a gigantic reusable spacecraft. We've already gotten a glimpse of a [full-scale mockup](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-final-starship-prototype-design>) during a September unveiling by Musk.

## Going Suborbital

Plenty of work remains. So far, the company has only launched its down-scaled prototype Spacehopper to a height of around [500 feet](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacexs-starhopper-aces-test-flight-500-feet>) in August. It did, however, nail the landing.

If everything goes according to plan, SpaceX will attempt to send an early Starship prototype to a height of 12.4 miles, just shy of half way to the edge of space, in coming months.

**READ MORE:** [Elon Musk reveals SpaceX Starship production well underway inside new Texas factory](<https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-spacex-starship-production-well-underway/>) \[*Teslarati*\]

**More on Starship:***[SpaceX Is Planning a Miles-High Starship Flight as Early as March](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starship-miles-high-test-flight-march>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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