SpaceX needs to make its bigger rockets work

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None of the company’s most ambitious plans are possible without the success of its Starship rockets.

SpaceX’s stock has fallen hard since the company’s IPO in June. But Elon Musk still needs a lot to go right to justify the company’s out-of-this-world valuation.

Pretty much all of SpaceX’s most promising ambitions hinge on carrying larger payload capacity at lower cost than today’s rockets. And that means the company can little afford continued hiccups with Starship, the successor to SpaceX’s tried and tested Falcon 9 rockets.

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