SpaceX in trouble?

Answer: Yes, most likely. But it is not for their alleged technical failures. The thing that makes me suspicious is this continual harping on the "explosion" on the first test flight. The "failure" is being hyped, and I suspect being used as an excuse to punish SpaceX.

If SpaceX fails, it fails. But anyone watching this should keep in mind: SpaceX is the US space program right now. It is outperforming all others. If it fails, it most likely will be because of what the government is doing in order to sabotage it. By the way, who is the main competitor to the USA in space right now? China. Who interests are being served here?

In my opinion, NASA needs SpaceX, not the other way around. NASA can cancel the Artemis contract with SpaceX, and it won't matter to SpaceX. What WILL matter is if the private company is prevented from finishing its development of the Starship launch system.

I suspect that the government does not want SpaceX to succeed. If they sabotage this, they are sabotaging America. The government hasn't been able to replace the Shuttle until recently. This was done at an enormous cost and numerous delays. In contrast, the Starship has been developed for a much cheaper price, and is far more capable system once it get going.

The big question is whether the government, led by this corrupt administration, will allow the Starship development to continue. It looks to me like that they doing their best to sabotage it. It is retaliation for Musk taking over Twitter, which was censoring all political opposition to this corrupt admininstration. Musk uncovered that, and that has invoked their fury. SpaceX just might be in trouble after all.