SpaceX is currently at nine full-scale test launches of its Starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket, yet has experienced multiple failures. Two recent launches caused large debris to fall near the Turks and Caicos Islands. The latest test led to an uncontrolled splashdown after mechanical issues. Starship is essential for sending humans to Mars and for deploying SpaceX's Starlink satellites, but its failures raise questions regarding its future viability and impact on NASA's Moon mission plans.
The stakes are incredibly high for the Elon Musk-led space firm, which has garnered a reputation for its unusually aggressive iterative design philosophy.
Repeated test launch failures are forcing experts to ask tough questions about the super-heavy launch platform's actual viability.
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