The usage of “failure” as a way to describe not achieving the maximally ideal outcome makes no sense to me. I’ve never read or heard it used to mean that. It w

The usage of “failure” as a way to describe not achieving the maximally ideal outcome makes no sense to me. I’ve never read or heard it used to mean that. It would have been a failure if the data logging failed to transmit, or if it had immediately exploded and destroyed the launch tower.