I will land Starships on Mars

in two years,

he said.

I will land astronauts on Mars

in four years,

he said.

I will build a great city on Mars

in twenty years,

he said.

And, all the while,

the FAA was grumbling,

the FAA was mumbling

and fuming.

"Your Starship is,

a liquid fuel powered

Atomic Bomb!

You want to land it on land!

On our watch, it's our responsibility

This is no mere technicality.

It's a potential environmental catastrophe!"

But, there were no ships large enough

to catch the Starship

on the seas.

There was no engineering technique skillful enough,

no systematic approximation technique bold enough,

to tackle this particular problem.

No hybrid approach that combined waterfall

methodology with agile principles,

No methodology

to build a fully and rapidly

reusable rocket.

I will land Starships on Mars!

I will land astronauts on Mars!

I will build a great city on Mars!

Starship, R.I.P.