Counter-point, how to state that the rocket was not meant to explode, but did? > "It reached space and exploded seconds later."" This is actually confusing to

Counter-point, how to state that the rocket was not meant to explode, but did? > "It reached space and exploded seconds later."" This is actually confusing to me, was it supposed to explode seconds later? Was this actually a test of a ICBM and not a spaceship? Further, is this statement actually not a bit too neutral? Almost to the point of not acknowledging that yeah, this was not 100% success. It's almost a bias in the other way to not even acknowledge that this was not an intended outcome. (A) Could we say: "It reached space, exploded seconds later, and was a complete success for SpaceX." (B) Or could we say: "It reached space, but exploded second later; nonetheless a big success for SpaceX." I believe what you may have inferred was something more like: (C) "It reached space, but exploded seconds later; a complete disaster for SpaceX" Your valuation of whether the 'but' is a negative judgement or a matter of fact that the full goal was not achieved, I believe is your bias.