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Peter O'BRIEN

SpaceX and 'successful failure': Starship launch cements Musk's space dominance

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With the largest and most powerful rocket the world has ever seen tumbling out of control through the sky before exploding, it would be easy to point to SpaceX's highly anticipated Starship launch on Thursday as a failure. In fact, this cosy relationship with risk is one major reason why SpaceX is head and shoulders ahead of its competition, as our Technology Editor Peter O'Brien explains.

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