The Starship Fugacious was lauded as a triumphant success and condemned as space travel’s most catastrophic failure.
The brainchild of a Martian trillionaire, the ship’s maiden voyage was only a few hundred thousand miles, but it would make the trip at nearly the speed of light. He wanted to use time dilation to achieve immortality.
Heedless of the warnings of his engineers, the trillionaire loaded up the ship and pushed the button.
According to observers, the ship was vaporized as soon as the engines started, but no wreckage was recovered. His adherents claim he’ll return at the end of history.

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