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SpaceX is shifting its top engineering talent to its most ambitious project – the Starship rocket. According to people familiar with the company’s plans, about 20% of the Falcon 9 team has been reassigned for six months to accelerate Starship development. The move followed a June incident in which a rocket burst into flames during routine fueling.
The goal is to speed up repairs and push the project closer to Elon Musk’s vision: flying to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars.

Musk’s Crisis Management: Mobilizing Talent Across Companies
This style of crisis response is nothing new for Musk. When problems arise, he often redeploys staff across his companies. In 2018, Tesla sent hundreds of employees to California to boost Model 3 production, while Boring Company staff were flown to Las Vegas to revive the water-damaged Prufock machine.
Within SpaceX, some teams are now working on improving reliability and testing components, while others are focused on faster prototype assembly. In August, the company admitted that a failed nitrogen gas pressure tank had caused an explosion during fueling – another setback in the project.

Starship: Bold Ambitions, Harsh Setbacks
So far, Starship has struggled. Of three test flights from Texas this year, two broke apart prematurely and the third failed to release its test satellites, spinning out of control during reentry. These failures have cast doubt on the timelines.
Still, SpaceX’s track record inspires confidence. The company revolutionized spaceflight with the Starlink satellite network and reusable rockets, becoming one of the world’s most valuable private firms. Its tests are broadcast live on Musk’s X platform, ensuring transparency but also exposing every failure to the public.
Musk insists that Starship will be:

🔹 fully reusable

🔹 dramatically cheaper than rivals

🔹 essential for humanity’s journey to Mars
Original schedules – crewed missions by 2023 and a Moon landing in 2024 – have proven unrealistic. “It’s really one of the hardest engineering challenges that exists,” Musk admitted in July.

Tenth Test Looms Under NASA and Investor Scrutiny
The next big milestone is set for August 24, when the tenth Starship flight is planned. Further setbacks may be financially manageable, but they risk undermining momentum – something closely watched by investors and NASA, which has committed roughly $4 billion to use Starship for crewed lunar landings.
SpaceX already relies heavily on revenue from its Starlink satellites, with nearly 8,000 units in orbit. But for Starship to become the primary launch vehicle, it must successfully complete over a dozen missions, including the complex task of orbital refueling – something never achieved at this scale.

High-Risk Bets and the Future of Starship
Sources say SpaceX often makes fast and cost-saving design choices, reflecting Musk’s “build fast, fix fast” culture. The recent deployment of the V2 prototype highlights the trade-off: saving time and money while raising risks. Such bets fit SpaceX’s style but carry consequences for public perception and investor confidence.

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