• Infinite@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    Fails more often than it succeeds? That’s… not even close to accurate.

    They’ve already had more than 50 successful missions this year.

    Testing doesn’t count as a failure, it counts as test data.

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      6 months ago

      I don’t think exploding was part of the test. I don’t think being investigated by the FAA in 2020 for failure to listen to warnings about unintended shockwave damage was part of their tests. I don’t think losing an entire rocket to a booster explosion last year was part of the test.

      I think their tests are throwing things at the stainless steel wall and hoping it sticks.