SpaceX just built a shiny 164-foot-tall rocket prototype in South Texas that looks like it came from Mars

Rachel Gore/SPadre.com; TwitterSpaceX uses a crane to mate the upper and lower sections of Starship Mk 1 for the first time on September 27, 2019.SpaceX is developing a stainless-steel Mars rocket system at its private launch site in South Texas.On Friday, SpaceX mated the lower and upper sections of Starship Mk 1 - a 164-foot-tall prototype - for the first time. The vehicle is a follow-up to a shorter and stubbier prototype called Starhopper.Photos and videos show the new rocket ship's final assembly. "Starship will allow us to inhabit other worlds," company founder Elon Musk tweeted after the vehicle was mated.Musk is due to provide an update on the company's Starship program on Saturday around 8 p.m. ET from Boca Chica, Texas.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. A day before

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