SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent out a letter to employees urging them to work even on weekends on the Raptor engines.. He described the status of the production as "

Musk said the company is " He also added that following the departure of key senior management at the company, employees looked into the Raptor's manufacturing challenges and found they were "

It is noted that two vice presidents, one of whom was involved in the development of Raptor engines, recently left the company..

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“I was going to take a vacation this weekend as my first weekend in a long time, but instead I'll be on the Raptor line all night and all weekend,” Musk wrote in an email.. He also urged employees to go to work unless they have critical family matters or can "

The Raptor is SpaceX's massive methane engine used to launch Starship's next-generation rocket. With its help, the company plans to deliver people to the Moon and Mars.. So, SpaceX and NASA signed a contract for $ 2.9 billion, according to which the company must deliver astronauts to the moon by 2025..

SpaceX has already conducted several test rocket launches at its Boca Chica test site, but has not yet been able to send Starship into orbit..

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Recall that on the night of May 6, the company successfully conducted a test flight of the Starship prototype.. The ship repeated the test program of the Starship SN8 and SN9 prototypes, which crashed during landing after a suborbital flight, as well as SN10, which exploded seven minutes after a successful landing due to the resulting damage..