{"id":17505,"date":"2019-01-09T16:27:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T21:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17505"},"modified":"2019-01-10T15:24:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T20:24:30","slug":"spacex-update-on-starship-hopper-upcoming-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17505","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX: Update on &#8220;Starship Hopper&#8221; + Upcoming activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ <strong>Update Jan.10.2019<\/strong>: More on the Starship Hopper:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Here\u2019s why Elon Musk is tweeting constantly about a stainless-steel starship | Ars Technica\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2019\/01\/elon-musk-is-really-really-excited-about-his-starship\/\">Here\u2019s why Elon Musk is tweeting constantly about a stainless-steel starship | Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SpaceX will soon launch and land its giant Mars spaceship. But its other 2019 goals are more down-to-earth - Los Angeles Times\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-spacex-mars-starship-20190109-story.html\">SpaceX will soon launch and land its giant Mars spaceship. But its other 2019 goals are more down-to-earth &#8211; Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Boca Chica Starship hopper updates and discussion : spacex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/spacex\/comments\/ac664t\/boca_chica_starship_hopper_updates_and_discussion\/\">Boca Chica Starship hopper updates and discussion : spacex<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong>Fairing recovery<\/strong>: One other project I failed to mention is SpaceX&#8217;s effort to return the fairings (the two halves of the clam-shell like structure that protects a satellite as it goes through the dense atmosphere during a launch) back to earth via paragliders and to catch them in a ship-borne net before they touch the water. Here is a video of a recent test that SpaceX carried out off the coast of California:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U0fkzlmkj90?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the latest news on the activities of SpaceX&#8217;s ocean-going vehicles, see<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacexfleet.com\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceXFleet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceXFleet\" target=\"_d\">SpaceXFleet Updates (@SpaceXFleet) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is developing a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SpaceX_BFR\">2nd-gen space transportation system<\/a> to follow the Falcon 9\/Falcon Heavy rockets that will be much larger and be fully reusable. That is, both stages, which are now named <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BFR_(rocket)#First_stage:_Super_Heavy\">Super Heavy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BFR_(rocket)#Second_stage_and_spaceship:_Starship\">Starship<\/a>, will fly multiple times and are intended to provide affordable access to low earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\">SpaceX<\/a> is assembling a low altitude test vehicle at the company&#8217;s facility in Boca Chica Beach, Texas near Brownsville to assist with development of the Starship. The test vehicle, referred to as &#8220;StarHopper&#8221; by some and &#8220;Starship Hopper&#8221; by others, is the same diameter as Starship but somewhat shorter. It will provide real-world data on flying and landing the Starship in a manner similar to how the Grasshopper helped with learning to fly and land the Falcon 9 first stage. The Grasshopper carried out <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grasshopper_(rocket)#Flight_testing\">8 low altitude takeoffs and landings<\/a> in the 2012-2013 time frame.<\/p>\n<p>Things are changing frequently at Boca Chica, but here is a video showing StarHopper as of Jan. 8, 2019:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lMceVIYsUZQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tim &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/everydayastronaut.com\/\">The Everyday Astronaut<\/a>&#8221; Dodd, gives an overview of the StarHopper project:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8230; we\u2019re going to do a quick history on SpaceX\u2019s previous fleet of hoppers, why they build them, what this one is going to accomplish and then we\u2019ll build a version in Kerbal Space Program and demonstrate what we\u2019ll hopefully see the StarHopper do in 2019!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DM6WqjJCKQo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And here is some earlier commentary on the project from Scott Manley:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XVgEKBwE2RM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, Elon posted this &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1081576707365064704\" target=\"_d\">Elon Musk on Twitter:<\/a> &#8220;Starship test vehicle under assembly will look similar to this illustration when finished. Operational Starships would obv have windows, etc.\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17508\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ArtistsStarHopper.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"840,1199\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Artist&amp;#8217;s StarHopper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ArtistsStarHopper-717x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17508\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ArtistsStarHopper-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ArtistsStarHopper-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ArtistsStarHopper-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ArtistsStarHopper-768x1096.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ArtistsStarHopper.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The full-scale SuperHeavy\/Starship would look something like the following (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SpaceXLounge\/comments\/adgm77\/fullstack_stainless_steel_starship_super_heavy\/\">roow110 on Reddit<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17509\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/StainlessStellStarShip-SuperHeavy-Reddit_roow110.png\" data-orig-size=\"2160,3940\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Stainless Steel StarShip-SuperHeavy &amp;#8211; From roow110 on Reddit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/StainlessStellStarShip-SuperHeavy-Reddit_roow110-561x1024.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17509\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/StainlessStellStarShip-SuperHeavy-Reddit_roow110-561x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/StainlessStellStarShip-SuperHeavy-Reddit_roow110-561x1024.png 561w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/StainlessStellStarShip-SuperHeavy-Reddit_roow110-164x300.png 164w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/StainlessStellStarShip-SuperHeavy-Reddit_roow110-768x1401.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For updates on StarHopper, try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CowboyDanPaasch\" target=\"_d\">Cowboy Dan (@CowboyDanPaasch) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=bocachicagal&amp;f=images&amp;src=tyah\" target=\"_d\">bocachicagal &#8211; Twitter Search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/with_replies\" target=\"_d\">Tweets with replies by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) | Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Big Falcon Hopper onwards - Starship Hopper, Starship, Super Heavy Render thread\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.nasaspaceflight.com\/index.php?topic=47144.msg1898953;topicseen#new\">Big Falcon Hopper onwards &#8211; Starship Hopper, Starship, Super Heavy Render thread<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX has a number of other activities underway as well including:<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Falcon 9 launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iridium.com\/\">Iridium<\/a> satellites<\/strong> from Vandenberg AFB in California is set for this Friday. This will be the 8th and final F9 launch for Iridium and will complete the implementation of the company&#8217;s 2nd-gen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iridium.com\/network\/iridium-next\/\">NEXT<\/a> low earth orbit narrowband communications constellation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1082787012640309248\">SpaceX on Twitter<\/a>: &#8220;Approved on the range \u2013 now targeting January 11 launch of Iridium-8 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Weather is 60% favorable for the instantaneous launch opportunity at 7:31 a.m. PST, 15:31 UTC.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Cargo Dragon<\/strong> return from the ISS is expected this weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Space_Station\/status\/1083081464856625152\" target=\"_d\">Intl. Space Station on Twitter:<\/a>\u00a0 The <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"34743251\"><s>@<\/s>SpaceX<\/a> <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dragon?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s>Dragon<\/a> is packed with science and hardware today as teams wait for favorable weather in the splashdown area for Dragon\u2019s return. <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/2sekGJg\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/2019\/01\/09\/astronauts-and-robotics-experts-finalize-dragon-departure-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/2sekGJg\">https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Crew Dragon Demonstration Mission<\/strong> (<a title=\"SpX-DM1 - Wikipedia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SpX-DM1\">SpX-DM1<\/a>) is now set for February. A Falcon 9 will launch an uncrewed <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dragon_2\">Dragon 2 vehicle<\/a>, which will dock to the ISS. <a title=\"SpaceX about one month away from first commercial crew test flight \u2013 Spaceflight Now\" href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/01\/07\/spacex-about-one-month-away-from-first-commercial-crew-test-flight\/\">SpaceX about one month away from first commercial crew test flight \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If this mission and an in-flight abort test are successful, a Crew Dragon with astronauts could launch to the ISS in the June time frame. The Demo mission was previously set for mid-January but the partial government shutdown has prevented NASA staff from completing their oversight duties for the mission. An exact date for the DM1 flight won&#8217;t be set until the shutdown is over.<\/p>\n<p>The DM1 Falcon 9 and Dragon recently were lifted upright on Pad-39A to check out the pad systems, including the new crew access arm:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17506\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,609\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RolloutTest-Jan2019_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_1-1024x520.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17506\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_1-1024x520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_1-1024x520.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_1-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_1-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17507\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RolloutTest-Jan2019_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17507\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/RolloutTest-Jan2019_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>2nd Falcon Heavy launch<\/strong> is planned for this spring. Various Falcon 9 missions are also planned throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=9ad77237101a529e858b08c724b1d0e6&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;node=499320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telescopes and Binoculars at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Update Jan.10.2019: More on the Starship Hopper: Here\u2019s why Elon Musk is tweeting constantly about a stainless-steel starship | Ars Technica SpaceX will soon launch and land its giant Mars spaceship. But its other 2019 goals are more down-to-earth &#8211; Los Angeles Times Boca Chica Starship hopper updates and discussion : spacex ** Fairing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17505\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SpaceX: Update on &#8220;Starship Hopper&#8221; + Upcoming activities<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-settlement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4yl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19534,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19534","url_meta":{"origin":17505,"position":0},"title":"Videos: SpaceX Starhopper&#8217;s 150m test flight a success","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"SpaceX's Starhopper,\u00a0 a low altitude prototype of the Starship vehicles, made a successful short flight this evening at Boca Chica Beach, Texas. 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