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CNN) — The explosion of a SpaceX Starship vehicle during a routine ground test Wednesday sent out a shock wave of fire and smoke that appeared to engulf the company’s testing facilities in Starbase, Texas. The mishap raised questions about the company’s ability to hash out significant design and engineering challenges on a vehicle considered crucial to SpaceX’s founding goal of eventually carrying convoys of people to Mars.
When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spoke to employees in South Texas in late May, aiming to once again stoke support for his Mars ambitions, he emphasized the metric by which he would gauge success: “Progress is measured by the timeline to establishing a self-sustaining civilization on Mars.”
When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spoke to employees in South Texas in late May, aiming to once again stoke support for his Mars ambitions, he emphasized the metric by which he would gauge success: “Progress is measured by the timeline to establishing a self-sustaining civilization on Mars.”