The Future of SpaceX's Starship Program: Investor Interest and Launch Plans.

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SpaceX's Starship rocket, which is intended to take humans to Mars, suffered a failed test flight last month. The rocket is a radical departure from previous designs and will likely require multiple prototypes to be launched at great cost before it can be made to work. The success of the project will depend on whether SpaceX has the cash to keep development going, with the company expected to spend around $2bn this year alone. SpaceX is also building an expensive satellite internet service called Starlink, and with the company currently losing money, it remains to be seen whether investors will continue to back the project.
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- Next Starship Launch Will Try to Fix All of That Jalopnik
- What's next for SpaceX's (very expensive) Starship program? WUSF Public Media
- SpaceX Faces Reckoning after Starship’s Messy First Flight Scientific American
- When could the SpaceX Starship launch again? Fox Business
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