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The
private space company had raised about $850 million in equity
financing in February even as a prototype of its Starship rocket
exploded during a landing attempt after a high-altitude test
launch.
The SN9 prototype was a test model of the heavy-lift rocket
being developed by SpaceX to carry humans and 100 tons of cargo
on future missions to the moon and Mars.
Musk, who leads several futuristic companies, including Tesla
Inc, Neuralink and Boring Co, said on Tuesday the "really hard
threshold is making Mars Base Alpha self-sustaining."
A first orbital flight is planned for year's end. Musk has said
that he intends to fly Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa
around the moon with the Starship in 2023.
(Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
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