I don't think that a company that is currently actively trying to raise funds from investors[1] wants "SpaceX test rocket explodes" as a headline just to make t

I don't think that a company that is currently actively trying to raise funds from investors[1] wants "SpaceX test rocket explodes" as a headline just to make the point of how likely human casualties are when going on missions in their new product. It really is only designed to go up to 5km (that's their current altitude limit for the testing license [2]) and test landings. It doesn't need to be anything more than a metal tank with legs but of course SpaceX/Elon are all about style so they want it to look cool. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-spacex-is-raising-500-million-in-funding-11545142054 https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-spacex-is-raising-50... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/9z9ccn/spacex_files_fcc_communications_permit_for_its/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/9z9ccn/spacex_files...