One of my biggest concerns right now is that the Starship program is being smothered by a mountain of government bureaucracy that grows every year.
If all land safely, crewed missions would be possible in four years. If something goes wrong, Musk said the missions would be postponed by two years.
It is only possible to travel from Earth to Mars every two years, when the planets are aligned. This increases the difficulty of the task, but also serves to immunize Mars from many catastrophic events on Earth.
Considering the hardware and energy involved, it seems reasonable that regulators might want to take a closer look at Musk's Starship ambitions.
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