# 2 Tales of 2 decades: Rubin Observatory and SpaceX Starship

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Podcast: [EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/evsn-escape-velocity-space-news-444293)
Published: 2025-07-03T02:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Join us as we look at two parallel stories - the development of the Vera Rubin Observatory and the SpaceX Starship rocket. Both projects are 20 years in the making, and both were supposed to start work in 2019. Both hit new milestones in June, and it's time to review their very different progress. Also included in this episode: Tales from the launch pad.

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