Although each failed launch costs a few million dollars, the lessons learned are worth even more.
I don’t know, Musk insists on doing things this way, but there comes a point where the lessons you’re learning are ones you could have figured out another way or worse already should have known. For instance a few rockets ago one of the lessons was “build the flame trenches everyone says you need to, instead of rushing things for a 4/20 joke”. Maybe the real problem is a narcissistic idiot who refuses to learn.
It has 3,200 megapixels (67 times more than an iPhone 16 Pro camera), making it so high-resolution that it could capture a golf ball on the Moon and would require 400 Ultra HD TV screens to show a single image.
Human remains and space weed:
They want to grow cannabis on Mars.
The list of FAQs on their homepage does include “Who’s funding this?” - but doesn’t give an answer.
From a Futurama episode: