Can Elon Musk Make It to Mars?

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says he believes that if anyone can get to Mars, it'll be Elon Musk. His statement comes a day after #SpaceX saw its Starship system, the largest rocket ever built, blow up shortly after liftoff. #tech #space

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[milesbrown]

Set back? Are you guys kidding? Don’t report on things you don’t understand.

[Gen-Atari-X]

That was NOT a setback. They had a successful launch and partial delivery before something malfunctioned. The data collected will prove invaluable moving forward.
That new rocket is simply a beast they need to contend with. I suspect Elon will relaunch within 24 months and have even more success.

[grindkingsd]

Definitely not a setback, it’s a huge win for Elon. Now he knows what it really takes to get up there and I guarantee he will do it. The question is, will he be allowed to do it?

[usmcson]

Its not a setback, its a prototype they expected to not even launch 😂, it did surprisingly ok

[pjsxiqk]

Let's get Elon a hyper accelerator in America so he can actually find the science to make these starship engines 🎉

[dtroutmann]

The fact that the rocket made it past the gangplank was all they needed it was a test and nothing more honestly ship blowing up now considering that that is a spaceship for people is probably a good thing so they can figure out the problems so when people are on board it doesn't blow up it's in their turn it on.

Think about it think about how many cars are crashed so they can make sure that they're safe for people

[therago]

Not a setback because it launched and was in the air for a good amount of time and the data they got is very useful for their future launches.

[davidcurtis]

It was self destructed btw it was never meant to get far. This didnt age well considering ax-2's success

[wadameloan]

NASA and SpaceX do testing differently. NASA will test each component and see what they need to change for a successful launch. SpaceX does a bit of testing but puts it altogether and see where they failed which is a visualizer on their potential and leads to success.

[mike]

100 people, plus food, oxygen, water, room to move around and the necessary thickness to protect them from radiation. Not in a ship that size

[trevormccaffree]

It's always funny to me the lengths people will go to, to discount the fact that Elon Musk may be the single greatest force for the advancement of the human race, just because they disagree with him on some shit.

[georgebeauchamp]

Government is always late and over budget. Elon has shown how useless NASA really is!

[trevormccaffree]

How many rocket ships have you launched buddy.

[Boviathan]

He does it at your expense, but I do believe it’s the government.

[qingshanyipian]

Can’t even get to moon. Keep blowing up. Need to build a better rocket first plus need way more data😂😂😂😂

[harry]

The people who call it a set back don’t understand how this business works

[michaelhamerschlag]

Blew up his spaceship amd launching pad? How is that a setback?

[jamescollins]

Test... test it again ....test it again.... and if needs be test it again get I right again and again less testing more progress

[davidridley]

AND YOUR THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN!!....I HAVE FAITH THAT YOU WILL!😊

[RobertSmith-iixb]

Never going to happen.
Can't get through the firmament. The end.