SpaceX failure could cause Mars to “fall to earth” … says Elon Musk

Elon Musk sent SpaceX officials an e-mail with a serious warning: the company is not doing well and the development of Raptor engines needs to be accelerated to avoid “real risk of bankruptcy.”

Yes, these are the engines that are part of the starship, the spacecraft that Musk wants to use to fly to Mars.

SpaceX: "We need to recover from what is an outright disaster."

on one Email mail Sent to SpaceX officials, Elon Musk addressed the Starship Raptor's "crisis" and said the company could face "real risk of bankruptcy" if it fails to reach Starship's flight test rate every two weeks at once over the next year.

SpaceX is currently developing its next rocket, Starship, in Boca Chica, Texas. The starship is the vehicle that Musk plans to take humanity to Mars. However, before that, the spacecraft will return people to the lunar earth in the program. Artemis...

However, before Starship can transport people anywhere, SpaceX will need to address engine production issues.

The main objective is to test 39 Raptor engines that have not yet been tested.

The moon is so close and Mars can be a mirage

The words of the CEO of the company were not indirect. Indeed, the fears are so serious that he himself gave up the Thanksgiving vacation.

Musk said everyone needs help with what he calls "an outright disaster." The first orbital tests should be carried out in two to three months, although I already left a warning that not everything should go right the first time.

These investments should bring significant profits. Starlink service... This is Mask's satellite internet service. A disruptive platform for transmitting an Internet signal via satellite to any part of the planet is growing in number of users.

However, this growth and natural recoil depends precisely on the flights of the starship, which will continue to send more satellites into low Earth orbit.

So the agenda is not entirely clear: they have an expiring license for this project, and if they exceed it, they will no longer be able to offer the service. Goodbye users, goodbye to income and goodbye to millions earned from funding.

In short, every success or disaster depends on the Raptor engines. These are the cornerstones of an ambitious space program that lacks unlimited funding.

Either the spacecraft will start launching satellites into space, or in this space race between private companies, which we have seen for some time, problems will begin to appear.