> Starship launches are clarifying events. Pretty quickly after liftoff you find out who understands the rocket business, and who are the casual observers beref

> Starship launches are clarifying events. Pretty quickly after liftoff you find out who understands the rocket business, and who are the casual observers bereft of a clue. I love it when opinion pieces open with the equivalent of "What follows now is the truth. If you disagree with the truth, as presented by me, the arbiter of the truth, you don't know shit." Berger must have really good faith in his arguments, if he feels the need to begin an article this way. And, unfortunately, what follows sounds more like a letter by an angry SpaceX fan than a quality analysis weighing the successes and failures of the start.