SpaceX Scrubs Starship Launch After Some Engines Fail to Start The latest setback for Elon Musk's ambitious Starship program serves as a stark reminder that even the most vaunted technological endeavors can be derailed by fundamental issues.
Thursday's scrubbed launch attempt at SpaceX's Texas spaceport was a minor yet significant hiccup in what has been an increasingly long and arduous journey to put this behemoth of a rocket into orbit.
The failure to ignite four out of 33 Raptor engines raises questions about the reliability of this crucial component.