I fully understand how a launch that could look like a disaster could be the experience needed to prove that certain aspects are working, and others need to continue being fixed. My only complaint is how giddily happy the announcers were throughout the flight, rather than presenting honestly, “These worked, these didn’t, no one died thank God, now back to the drawing board to fix what’s still wrong.”
Exactly, calling a double blow-up a success is disengenous and lame.
Detail what happened, including positive progress over the first attempt, but rate it a success? Not so much.
One can’t honestly gussy-up the events with happy-face cheerleading and maintain any credibility.
Next time should be better and hopefully an actual success.
Onward, Elon and company!