SpaceX Makes Strides Towards Musk's Mars Dreams with Starship Test Flights, Aims for More Milestones This Year
• SpaceX has made progress towards Musk's Mars visions with 3 test flights of Starship so far and a 4th possible next month
• Musk aims to extend "light of consciousness" beyond Earth by establishing a self-sustaining civilization on Mars
• Starship's Super Heavy booster will attempt to land on a tower in the Gulf of Mexico on the next test flight
• Goal is to catch Super Heavy booster with launch tower's "chopsticks" on 5th test flight later this year
• Aim for Starship upper stage is to survive reentry heating and make controlled ocean landing this year, land back in Texas in 2023