The 122-meter-tall Starship rocket system, the key vehicle for CEO Elon Musk's goal of sending humans to Mars, lifted off from SpaceX's Starbase, Texas, launch site. It flew beyond the point of two explosive attempts earlier this year that sent debris streaking over Caribbean islands and forced dozens of airliners to divert course.

SpaceX’s Starship rocket took off with promise but ended in setback once again on Tuesday, as the mammoth launch vehicle lost control mid-flight and failed to

Critics of longtermism say it appeals to wealthy tech moguls precisely because it adds a sheen of morality to their masters-of-the-universe projects. They also say that the moguls’ ultimate goal is a utopian civilization of humans, biological and robotic, all A.I. enhanced.

SpaceX’s Starship, the biggest and most powerful launch vehicle ever, lifted off on Tuesday before losing contact more than half an hour later and falling into the Indian Ocean. The Elon Musk-led company has been counting on the launch vehicle to carry out interplanetary missions,

The final concept, which was unveiled in 2019, consisted of a Starship composed of stainless steel instead of carbon fiber (per the original proposal), with reusable heat shield tiles on the windward side (similar to the Space Shuttle).

In Andy Weir’s bestselling novel The Martian, brought to the big screen in 2015, NASA has already landed astronauts on Mars three times by 2035. The fictional agency has mastered return flights to Earth and even collaborated with the China National Space Administration.

As NASA and SpaceX pivot toward speeding astronauts to Mars, U.S. scientists are testing technologies that could transform the Red Planet into an astonishing New Eden.

SpaceX’s last two efforts to make progress on its Starship and Super Heavy rocket ended with streaks of debris hurtling across the sky. The Federal Aviation Administration, though, is now satisfied it