SpaceX Starship Tests: Challenges and Controversies

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SpaceX's Starship rockets are experiencing frequent failures during testing, which is not unusual for new, complex space technology, but the rapid, iterative approach differs from traditional development methods. While these failures are part of the process to develop a reusable rocket capable of Mars missions, experts believe that crewed missions to Mars are unlikely before 2028, with large-scale human settlements still decades away.
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