SpaceX Starship Goes Kablooey! (Again!) A Scientific Observation by Yours Truly, Albert Einstein

E=MC... BOOM!

Ach mein Gott! It seems my dear friend Herr Musk has managed to recreate the Big Bang albeit on a slightly smaller scale down in Texas. A Starship rocket in its infinite wisdom (or lack thereof) decided to demonstrate the power of E=mc² firsthand! I must say the live stream footage was quite…illuminating. It appears a 'major anomaly' occurred which is a polite way of saying it went 'kaput' in a rather spectacular fashion.

Tempestuous Trajectory: A Dance of Fire and Debris

Three flight launch attempts each ending in a fiery embrace with gravity! It seems the universe is trying to tell us something perhaps that building rockets the size of skyscrapers is a tad…ambitious? This Starship you see is quite the behemoth – 120 meters tall! Makes one wonder if they considered Occam's Razor before embarking on this endeavor. As I always said 'Everything should be made as simple as possible but no simpler.' Perhaps they skipped the 'simple' part?

To the Moon (Maybe) and Beyond!

Despite these…minor setbacks Herr Musk remains optimistic. He still hopes this fiery contraption will be the chariot for NASA's Artemis missions. Returning humans to the Moon! A noble goal indeed. But perhaps we should first master the art of keeping the rocket in one piece. After all as I famously quipped 'The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.' Let's hope a little humility finds its way into the rocket design process.

Mars or Bust (Literally?)

Ah Mars! The grand ambition. Colonizing the Red Planet! Sending robots to prepare the way! It all sounds very…Jules Verne esque. Herr Musk envisions human landings as early as 2029. Optimistic isn't he? I admire the enthusiasm but I also remember my own words: 'The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.' Perhaps we should focus on perfecting Earth based rocketry before packing our bags for the Martian frontier.

The Future of Space: Commercialization and Combustion

This Starship is also meant to launch the Starlab private space station transitioning to commercial space orbiting labs once the International Space Station retires. A brave new world indeed! But let's not forget that progress is not always linear. Sometimes it's a series of explosions each one teaching us a valuable lesson. As they say 'Failure is success in progress.'

Investing in Space: A Risky Business?

CNBC has a newsletter about investing in space you say? Well let's just say that space exploration is not for the faint of heart or the light of wallet. It is a high risk high reward endeavor full of potential and apparently spectacular explosions. Just remember even genius has its moments of utter chaos. 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.' Perhaps they should try a different approach? Or maybe just a bigger fire extinguisher!