The rocket successfully got off the ground. In doing so it disabled a bunch of its own engines and blew the launchpad to smithereens, with the debris additionally damaging the site's fuel bunkers. The rocket then underwent rapid unplanned disassembly when it failed to correctly separate stages and exploded
For all the talk of the launch as a success because of all the "data" they retrieved. They didn't get any of the valuable stuff. Like yes, rocketry is complex and test flights often fail (look at all new rockets that failed in like the last year), but the important data for this flight was the engine performance, booster landing performance, and the starship reentry.
Because of the negligence w.r.t. the launchpad, the engine data is tainted and the mission never even reached the stage needed for the other portions.
The rocket successfully got off the ground. In doing so it disabled a bunch of its own engines and blew the launchpad to smithereens, with the debris additionally damaging the site's fuel bunkers. The rocket then underwent rapid unplanned disassembly when it failed to correctly separate stages and exploded
For all the talk of the launch as a success because of all the "data" they retrieved. They didn't get any of the valuable stuff. Like yes, rocketry is complex and test flights often fail (look at all new rockets that failed in like the last year), but the important data for this flight was the engine performance, booster landing performance, and the starship reentry.
Because of the negligence w.r.t. the launchpad, the engine data is tainted and the mission never even reached the stage needed for the other portions.
It reminds me of the amnesty given to Shiro Ishii of Unit 731 fame. The USA granted it to him in exchange for the "data" from his "research."
I presume the journals were like "welp we vivisected a live Chinese POW and they died."
Great job doing science, guys!