In the 1950s when they blew up rockets they did not have press agents crowing about “success”.
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In the 50s they were working on one-offs. Every problem had to be solved before the next one was launched.
Starship testing is based on rapid prototyping to failure. Which means rapid launches where some problems are solved and others are not before the next launch.
There were many successes in today’s launch worth cheering about.
The cheer-leading irritates me.
I would rather they under promised and over delivered.