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Raptor engine2/14/2023 Unfortunately, the Raptor production crisis is much worse than it had seemed a few weeks ago. The issues reportedly forced Musk to give up Thanksgiving break and focus in on the issues, as well as putting together the email that signaled the full direness of the matter. Both Starship rocket and Starlink internet ventures of SpaceX are in jeopardy according to the apparent "disaster" in Raptor engine production facing SpaceX. After Heltsley was removed from the project and left the company, Musk stated that leadership had dug through details of the Raptor engine development and found the situation “to be far more severe” than expected. The email follows the exit of former SpaceX Vice President of Propulsion Will Heltsley in November. The apparent email from Musk went out over Thanksgiving break, as obtained by space tech outlet Space Explored. In a recent company-wide email, Elon Musk expressed disappointment with progress on the Starship Raptor engine and claimed the matter could put the company at risk of bankruptcy if development and production aren’t ramped up in 2022. Ambitious long-term plans of putting a human being on Mars might be in jeopardy in 2022, though. ![]() ![]() In terms of commercial space travel development, Elon Musk’s SpaceX company would appear to be far ahead of the rest of the industry in terms of development and technology.
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