San Francisco's Rocket Ship Prepares for Blast Off Rocket ship was originally designed for Burning Man By Joe Rosato Jr. • Published March 15, 2013 • Updated on March 15, 2013 at 6:34 pm ...

That pad, at SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas, took a beating during the first-ever test flight of a fully stacked Starship vehicle — the most powerful rocket ever built — on April 20.