As someone who grew up with NASA launches that presented as very professional (if not subdued), I will say that the cheering from the crowds, and incessant positivity from the "hosts" is a little grating... I suppose being a private company, there's a need to PR spin everything, setting the bar incredibly low to ensure that a claim of success can be made. Seeing it as a "win"? Sure I guess you can call it that, but to me that sort of smacks of a "everyone gets a trophy" sort of mentality. People shouldn't be afraid to call something a failure - you can learn from failures, often much more than you do from a success.
Well, to be fair, they never planned for any part of that rocket assembly to make it back in one piece lol. Or at least recover any of it. No, it did not complete the stage separation as planned, but better to figure that out now, rather than have the failure happen when it really matters. Like you said hopefully a learning experience - and in my opinion, any new information gained counts as a win!
What's with all the screaming ? I don't remember NASA & IBM engineers screaming when Saturn V vehicles launched!
That seems to contradict what the hosts were saying...they specifically said that the booster would separate and then descend back for recovery. Yes, certainly you want to be sure it actually works before you put people on it - that's obvious.
I didn't hear them say that. I only mentioned it because I remember reading that they did not plan to recover. "SpaceX won't attempt to recover either Booster 7 or Ship 24 on the coming test flight, but that will change as the Starship program continues to develop." https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-launch-many-issues-elon-musk Maybe they meant that was the plan for future flights....
Can't link the gif but check out what the launch did to a poor, defenseless minivan! https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-medi...0,w_1315/a24c2b340df0ce8847adefa6b2f48d41.mp4 Also, reports of some pretty significant damage to the launch pad. How significant, I'm not sure. But nothing that can't be fixed. However that was a concern of Musk's going into the launch.
First private moon landing likely to have failed. A Japanese company hoping to make history by carrying out the first private Moon landing says its mission is likely to have failed. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...X?cvid=b1435be1ad0d4bb4b0fb400ede401b75&ei=19