Summary
- Elon Musk claims the fiery end of Starship’s 2nd flight was due to venting liquid oxygen without a payload.
- He suggests a payload would have consumed the oxygen, preventing the fire and explosion.
- The writer questions the “venting causing fire” logic and highlights SpaceX’s iterative learning approach.
- Despite the explosion, SpaceX considers the launch a success due to technical achievements.
- Next launch planned soon, aiming for orbit and other ambitious goals.
- NASA’s Artemis program delays offer SpaceX potentially helpful extra time.
Yes, we all know that strategy.
Set some unrealistic goals and talk a lot in public
Fail fast
Call it a success
SO. AGILE.
SpaceX does almost 100 rocket launches a year now without issue and does successful landings for all of them. When they test new insane rockets that blow up it makes the news, no one talks about how every paying commercial rocket they launched have been successful for years now
That being said Musk always talks out of his ass on timelines
The parameters for this rocket launch make it a success. Anyone trying to say it’s not is either ignorant or has an agenda
Europe in general has been butt hurt by SpaceX and how it basically killed the Araine pricing
This isn’t about what the company does - only about what their shareholder says.