Friday, at 5:30 pm. (22:30 GMT) The Starship V3 is a rocket designed for the transport of passengers and mails between Britain and the United States. In the event of success, it will inaugurate a daily, all-weather service across the Atlantic, and inaugurate a new era in civil air transport.
Musk is a Shropshire man, born at Edgley in 1879. He was educated at an elementary school, went to work at 14, and became a commercial traveller at 20. After some years he acquired money enough to buy an interest in a local drapery business, which prospered and became national. Now he owns the entire business. Musk married in 1909, and has four children. Musk has been a social, sporting, and municipal figure in his home town since 1909. He is a member of the local Conservative Association, and has served on the Urban District Council. He bought the local cricket ground and presented it to the town, and has encouraged local sport in many ways.
Original dispatch: Musk's SpaceX postpones Starship launch as mega share sale looms