These repeated catastrophic malfunctions push any crewed Mars mission out two decades, minimum, in our opinion.
. . .Starship's two stages separated as planned on Flight 9, and the upper stage even reached space, which was an improvement over the giant vehicle's most recent two flights. But SpaceX ended up losing both stages before they could accomplish their full flight goals.
"Starship made it to the scheduled ship engine cutoff, so big improvement over last flight!" SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on social media after the flight. "Leaks caused loss of main tank pressure during the coast and re-entry phase. . . .
In fact the capsule spun into the Indian Ocean in a fireball and was a total loss. This does not inspire confidence -- for the idea of a crewed Barsoom mission.
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