I’ve seen Elon sweat each manned launch. I don’t think he will get complacent. My opinion.
Elon said early on ‘I was born on Earth, but I don’t want to die on it’. I think that sums it up. His life wish is to go to Mars and die there. To me, that’s one of the greatest ideals you can have.
No. Probably few people actually involved become complacent. Let’s hope no one puts scheduling ahead of lives, as in the case of the Challenger launch when someone had concerns about the O rings in the cold.
The only reason Elon wasn’t there physically today was that he was in New York, rehearsing for this weekend’s ‘Saturday Night Live’.
I had just ended my work shift for the day and watched the whole thing on my smartphone while driving home from work. I finally pulled over into a parking lot and watched the finish. I was screaming like a banshee when it came down and didn’t explode.