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Musk was saying it was a 50% chance the rocket blew up on the launchpad. Their sole hope was that it made it in the air, leaving the launchpad unscathed and qui
by AviationAtom 3y ago
Musk was saying it was a 50% chance the rocket blew up on the launchpad. Their sole hope was that it made it in the air, leaving the launchpad unscathed and quickly usable for future launches.
- bdcravens 3y agoHe actually said 50% chance of reaching orbit. > “I'm not saying it will get to orbit, but I am guaranteeing excitement. It won't be boring,” Musk promised at a Morgan Stanley conference last month. “I think it's got, I don't know, hopefully about a 50% chance of reaching orbit.”
- AviationAtom 3y agoI stand corrected. That apparently was indeed the original context of his statement. The Internet has ways of morphing words. I do recall he did express some level of concern about the launch pad being damaged if the rocket failed to launch though (it still looks like it was damaged to some degree from the launch.)
- cubefox 3y agoHe also said there was a 80% chance of reaching orbit this year. Which doesn't seem like a high number.