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He's been saying this for literally years. That the pad is stage 0 and if they don't blow up the pad, they're happy. I think he said the exact same thing about
by mwint 3y ago
He's been saying this for literally years. That the pad is stage 0 and if they don't blow up the pad, they're happy.
I think he said the exact same thing about the first Falcon Heavy launch.
- mcculley 3y agoI am not disputing that this is progress. It is an admirable effort. I am happy for them. I interpreted literally the words they used about the plan for today's launch.
- mwint 3y agoIt's a difference between "definition of success" and "the plan". They can't just say "we want to get off the pad and whatever happens afterwards, meh", they have to point it somewhere. So they plan out a whole flight to maximize useful data per additional success, but consider some subset of the plan to be an overall success. I might go to the grocery store with a list of five things, but I only really need two things. Coming home with 3 things would be a success.
- mcculley 3y agoI am happy that they had a partial success. I remain unconvinced that it was a success as defined by other things they said.
- CydeWeys 3y agoWho cares? It's a lot of arguing over semantics that doesn't end up meaning anything in the grand scheme of things. SpaceX continues making progress on the development of Starship, and the tiny little mishaps that depend mostly on chance along the way don't end up actually mattering in the grand scheme of things.
- mgfist 3y agoI don't think SpaceX cares about your uninformed opinion
- mcculley 3y agoI agree with you. The only information I had is the words they used.
- stetrain 3y agoThe plan was a range. On one end of the spectrum, Starship detonates on the pad and they have learned very little and have a year of work to do rebuilding the pad. On the other end of the spectrum, everything works flawlessly and Starship survives re-entry and smacks into the ocean off of Hawaii. They achieved a result in the middle. Neither total failure nor total success, and well within their stated expectations for this attempt.