SpaceX is definitely not on a losing streak here. They are completely dominant in launch — number of launches, tonnage launched, price per ton, profit per launc

SpaceX is definitely not on a losing streak here. They are completely dominant in launch — number of launches, tonnage launched, price per ton, profit per launch, it’s all SpaceX all the way down. This one felt tantalizingly close. I’ll be interested to read what happened. The short text at SpaceX just says they had an “energetic event” — it seems like that can only mean oxygen was accumulating somewhere it shouldn’t have been? They are certainly in the “dealing with fuel leaks” phase of development if nothing else. On dev strategy - I have no idea why they are doing it this way but I think if you can afford them end to end tests are pretty great. You’re going to have to do them at some point, and if you are confident enough on most of the intermediate steps, why not? Either way this is the greatest commercial space company of all time, I’m 100% sure they’ve talked through how they want to test ship extensively.