Elon Musk's SpaceX executed the second test of its Starship rocket. It went farther than before, but exploded in a \
  • smock9@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Considered a success because the stated goal was to reach stage separation which it did successfully pass through.

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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    11 months ago

    Considered a success because it wasn't meant to reach orbit, but was meant to splash down in the Pacific. My man, it did neither of those things.

    • huginn@feddit.it
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      11 months ago

      Considered a success because the only issue they had was being forced to destroy it because it was off course.

      Which is obviously the correct decision and says nothing about the proof of concept.