Nicki Minaj's latest MAGA-era cameo collided with aerospace reality on Thursday, when the rapper appeared at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Boca Chica Beach, Texas, only for Elon Musk's much-hyped Starship V3 launch to be called off minutes before lift-off.
The event had been billed as another dramatic step in SpaceX's Starship campaign, a programme that has already seen 11 integrated flight tests, at least seven of which ended in explosions, loss of vehicle, uncontrolled re-entry or other mission-ending failures.
