what will happen to Starship SN15 now

DrC

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In the past, NASA would provide returning spacecraft to states or museums. For example, Apollo Park in Lancaster CA is also home to a replica Apollo Space Capsule on loan from the Smithsonian Institute. As SpaceX is a private company, what are the plans for SN15?
 
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I think SpaceX should donate SN15 to the Smithsonian as the spacecraft is the first craft to have completed all the milestones of its mission.
 

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If SN15 is launched again, per Elon's statement, then the risk of the 3rd launch should not be taken. Remove the engines and donate it to a local town, and support online a local space museum to be built to support local SpaceX developments. Maybe even donate the Crew 1 capsule.
 
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I would like SN15 to fly again, but the latest photo Elon published on Twitter was with SN16, so that I suppose the next flight we'll see will be the SN16 launch.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ship 16 &amp; Booster 2, Starbase Highbay <a href="https://t.co/IUuidOw9ym">pic.twitter.com/IUuidOw9ym</a></p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=" View: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1398123830871150600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
">May 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Build it in orbit, bigger and better , his Falcon 9 has proven to be very dependable. It could be built sectional, like the ISS was. ISS took awhile but we had the Shuttle back then.
 
They said it was underpowered. It's made out of stainless steel. Weight to power ratio. When we launched the Shuttle into space, it had booster rockets. And bigger engines.
 
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So why would a smart guy like Musk invest a lot of money, time, materials and personal pride in a project that was doomed to fail right from the start? Does not sound like Elon Musk to me.
Clive
 

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