SpaceX Faces Setback with Starship’s Ninth Test Flight

Starship’s ninth test flight took place on 27 May
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SpaceX’s ambitious plans for space travel and exploration suffered a setback with the failure of Starship’s ninth test flight. The loss of the massive rocket has raised doubts about the company’s ability to fulfill its promises of lunar missions, space station launches, and eventual Mars missions.
Space industry expert, Laura Forczyk from Astralytical, expressed disappointment in SpaceX’s progress, stating, “I expected more progress from SpaceX by now. It’s frustrating from an outsider’s perspective, because I’m rooting for them. So much of the space community is relying on…