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No, they lost one when it mattered most: when humans were on board. Besides, Starship is meant as more of a replacement for Apollo than for the shuttle.

• mdbug 6y ago
  This does not contradict what I wrote.
  • chrisco255 6y ago
    It's not a contradiction what I wrote, it's a fair point. Two of the five shuttles eventually exploded with passengers on board. Better to learn the hard edge cases in testing.
    • mdbug 6y ago
      You probably shouldn't have started the sentence with "No" then, but never mind. Let's hope that space travel will be safer in the future. Anyway, I really just wanted to point out that 50 years ago it was apparently possible to develop spaceships in less time without a "move fast and break things" approach.
      • tim333 6y ago
        The Apollo program cost about $156 billion in modern money. Starship's approach is very cheap in comparison. Must estimates about $5bn.