The Starship fleet is still in its early testing phases at Boca Chica and has only had a few versions of the ship actually see the testing grounds. The first Starship prototype, MK1 , suffered a similar fate to SN1 when the rocket blew its top during another pressure test. And the prototype for MK1, Starhopper , made news when it burst into a blazing ball of fire during another test.

But, in the words of Musk himself: “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating.”