SpaceNewsattempt Starship’s first orbital flight, the company is contemplating military applications for the super-heavy launch vehicle.   “To make this a success, we need a very high launch rate, and we need to have systems that reenter and that can bring a high down mass,” he added.  Henry said the Starship human landing system is on a path to support NASA, and not far into the future “we as a nation are going to have a capability that will fundamentally change the way we can protect and defend the space realm