
Mexican scientist María Elena Álvarez-Buylla Roces condemned Elon Musk's SpaceX following a recent rocket explosion that resulted in the deaths of several marine animals off the coast of Tamaulipas, in northern Mexico.
During a routine launch test in Texas on June 19, SpaceX's "Starship" rocket experienced a "catastrophic failure and exploded," sending debris to Tamaulipas, a Mexican state about 190 miles from the Starbase facility in Cameron County.