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SpaceX Starship explodes on the ground (economictimes.indiatimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

but the prototype suffered significant damage.

More like "was blown to pieces and whatever remained burned in fire"

In the long term, SpaceX plans to send 1,000–2,000 ships to Mars every two years

For comparison, ever since Gagarin flight in 1961, there was 398 crewed launches into space.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

That is 6.2 per year on average.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Right, I make that (using the lowest figure) over 40 launches per month, every month for the 2 years. Anyone who thinks that is plausible is a tad optimistic.