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It exploded when trying to orient for the first stage separation. And it appeared to have 5 of the 33 engines out during the first stage flight. This launch gav

It exploded when trying to orient for the first stage separation. And it appeared to have 5 of the 33 engines out during the first stage flight. This launch gave me very "Don't Look Up" ending vibes.

kbelder 3y ago
Just the opposite. This is engineer-driven testing.
- jackcviers3 3y ago
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  - outworlder 3y ago
    Yeah. It's one thing to blow up during test firings, or when trying completely novel maneuvers like the belly flop. It's another thing entirely to do that during stage separation. Sure, historically separation has been risky, but it's nothing novel. They didn't seem to expect the vehicle to survive past that anyways. There would be a delay even if another vehicle was ready to go - the launch site is a wreck.
    - trey-jones 3y ago
      If you were thrown by the explosion (automated termination, not some catastrophic failure), then you weren't listening to any of the media around the launch. This was a successful mission, gathering data for future launches. Expectations were set appropriately, so I think it's really just your problem for not listening. In addition, this isn't publicly funded, so it would seem if some of the people get spooked by not understanding the goals of a launch correctly, then it doesn't really matter that much.
      - outworlder 3y ago
        > In addition, this isn't publicly funded, so it would seem if some of the people get spooked by not understanding the goals of a launch correctly, then it doesn't really matter that much. It does matter that we are scattering debris over a large area for no reason. It does not matter if that was done by the flight termination system or other mechanism.
  - RandallBrown 3y ago
    It wasn't a catastrophic failure, it was self destructed.
- throwawaymobule 3y ago
  it's amazing how well this works for them. I think this is the main reason they can crank through development so fast. Wish this sort of development was more common.
  - millerm 3y ago
    The grand applause when they blew it up showed that it was a success.
    - dormento 3y ago
      Well to be faaaaaair, they were properly "primed" to applaud and call it a success, no matter what happened. But yeah, infinite money does that to you: you can operate in "fail fast" mode and obtain results you could not otherwise.

It exploded when trying to orient for the first stage separation. And it appeared to have 5 of the 33 engines out during the first stage flight. This launch gave me very "Don't Look Up" ending vibes.

kbelder 3y ago

Just the opposite. This is engineer-driven testing.

jackcviers3 3y ago
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- outworlder 3y ago
  Yeah. It's one thing to blow up during test firings, or when trying completely novel maneuvers like the belly flop. It's another thing entirely to do that during stage separation. Sure, historically separation has been risky, but it's nothing novel. They didn't seem to expect the vehicle to survive past that anyways. There would be a delay even if another vehicle was ready to go - the launch site is a wreck.
  - trey-jones 3y ago
    If you were thrown by the explosion (automated termination, not some catastrophic failure), then you weren't listening to any of the media around the launch. This was a successful mission, gathering data for future launches. Expectations were set appropriately, so I think it's really just your problem for not listening. In addition, this isn't publicly funded, so it would seem if some of the people get spooked by not understanding the goals of a launch correctly, then it doesn't really matter that much.
    - outworlder 3y ago
      > In addition, this isn't publicly funded, so it would seem if some of the people get spooked by not understanding the goals of a launch correctly, then it doesn't really matter that much. It does matter that we are scattering debris over a large area for no reason. It does not matter if that was done by the flight termination system or other mechanism.
- RandallBrown 3y ago
  It wasn't a catastrophic failure, it was self destructed.
throwawaymobule 3y ago
it's amazing how well this works for them. I think this is the main reason they can crank through development so fast. Wish this sort of development was more common.
- millerm 3y ago
  The grand applause when they blew it up showed that it was a success.
  - dormento 3y ago
    Well to be faaaaaair, they were properly "primed" to applaud and call it a success, no matter what happened. But yeah, infinite money does that to you: you can operate in "fail fast" mode and obtain results you could not otherwise.