Starship SN8 15km Test flight

[Startrek (Martin)]

According to various reports Starship SN8 will launch on its maiden test flight some time on Monday ( Local time ) hoping to achieve 15km in altitude and land upright
Elon Musk has commented on more than one occasion that the flight may be a short one, a lot of things can go wrong
It will be a huge achievement if Space X can pull this off without a glitch
Can’t wait to watch the launch live

[glend (Glen)]

I am monitoring. Time maybe weather affected. Current TFR suggests it may only go to 12.5kms. You are right about possibility of failure, it will likely launch ok but the design is unproven at supersonic speeds and the flaps or winglet control systems are untested (unless they have done some wind tunnel testing on models). It will certainly be a show.