As told to Ryan D’Agostino: Elon Musk: Why I’m Building the Starship out of Stainless Steel. 22. Januar 2019, abgerufen am 22. Januar 2019 (englisch): „Elon Musk: Yes. The design of Starship and the Super Heavy rocket booster I changed to a special alloy of stainless steel.“
Mike Wall: The New BFR: How SpaceX’s Giant Rocket-Spaceship Combo for Mars Has Changed. In: space.com. 21. September 2019, abgerufen am 21. Februar 2023: „He also cited the new design’s resemblance to the rocket used by the comic-book character Tintin in the 1954 adventure “Explorers on the Moon.” – “I love the Tintin rocket design, so I kind of wanted to bias it towards that,” Musk said. “If in doubt, go with Tintin.”“
Progress slow at SpaceX’s planned South Texas spaceport. (Memento vom 21. November 2017 im Internet Archive). In: 512tech. 21. November 2017: „They lay out very aggressive plans in terms of time schedules that are very rarely if ever met. There’s kind of an expectation that anytime SpaceX gives you a date, you always have to assume that there is going to be a few years of delay.“
Präsentation von Elon Musk vom 29. September 2017 am 68. International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australien (YouTube-Video). Tank aus einem neu entwickelten CFK-Werkstoff („new carbon fiber matrix“) ab 04:30, Wiederbetankung ab 27:00, Ersatz für alle anderen SpaceX-Systeme ab 28:20, Treibstoffproduktion ab 33:50, Planung der Marsflüge ab 37:00, Interkontinentalverkehr ab 40:00.
Starship Update. Präsentation von Elon Musk im 29. September 2019 (YouTube-Video).
