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> Also, If they try to catch the booster on the next launch (November?) it will make such a mess that they will be delayed for a long long time (compared to the
by timschmidt 2y ago
> Also, If they try to catch the booster on the next launch (November?) it will make such a mess that they will be delayed for a long long time (compared to the time between the first few launches). It might even mean the end of the program.
They've already built a second tower in Texas, with at least another two more planned for Florida. Seems they're making quite a few revisions / improvements to the launch stand and flame diverter for tower 2 as well.
Seems like SpaceX understands, organizationally, that there's always another revision in the works, and failure is a necessary opportunity for learning and applying what you've learned to the next revision. Falcon 9's record seems to show this as has Starship's evolution.
- sam_goody 2y agoA bunch of years ago someone took a prize for longest indoor human powered flight, with terms that seemed unlikely to ever be reached. He commented something along the lines of "Everyone else have been optimizing for the wrong problem. They were optimizing for the problem 'how to control indoor flight'. I optimized for 'how do I make tweaks and modifications to the craft and try again'. Then I kept modifying and trying till it worked. SpaceX figured out the same thing, but on a grander scale.