Elon Musk's dream of going to Mars failed when his second Starship rocket in two months blew up over the Caribbean on Thursday. The SpaceX explosion diverted airplanes throughout the area and produced spectacular fireworks as debris fell into the ocean. You have to wonder if Musk was minding the store instead of blowing up the federal government; he'd have better luck.
Musk's philosophy behind building these starships, which he has on an accelerated schedule in order to meet his deadline of sending a manned mission to Mars by 2030, is something he calls “rapid iterative development" the goal being to build prototypes quickly and put them on the launchpad with a willingness to blow them up. Sound familiar?
