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The only reason this is even a thing is because Musk's fans are involved. Every other launch on all of wikipedia is a "Success", "Partial Failure" or "Failure"
by thomaskcr 8y ago
The only reason this is even a thing is because Musk's fans are involved. Every other launch on all of wikipedia is a "Success", "Partial Failure" or "Failure" - regardless of who is at fault. Only SpaceX would get a special "Launch success", because it's always everyone's fault except ~~Tesla~~ SpaceX.
Look at Arianespace's last "Partial launch failure" -- upper stage was developed by a completely different company but it was still a launch failure.
I think Northrop just didn't want to get involved in the silliness.
- greglindahl 8y agoYeah, about that Atlas V failure that's recorded as a success? I guess Tesla/SpaceX is at fault for that, too. Those 2 Soyuz launches that I edited on Wikipedia from success to failures, that must be Tesla/SpaceX's fault, too.