Flight 4 will be similar to IFT-3 and is scheduled for June 6th: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship_flight_tests#Upcoming_flights" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship_flight_tests#U...</a>
It will be interesting to see if all the thermal tiles will survive launch this time. They are targeting a successful reentry, but it sounds like their current design cannot tolerate the loss of more than a few tiles.<p><a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1796049014938357932" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1796049014938357932</a>
> An FAA Safety Inspector must be present at SpaceX’s Boca Chica Launch Complex
for flight operations.<p>Galling to think the FAA Safety Inspector gets <i>paid</i> to sit in a box seat. Probably a $500k market price to be in the room during the fun.