Don’t get too excited. How many rockets failed before Von Braun got it right? In aerospace every failure leads to the finished product.
Political imperative appears to trump engineering concerns.
Thanks for that context. Mockery is shameful.
Who are we to laugh at their lack of lighting? Do you know how many failures Edison had before he got the light bulb right? Of course that was 140 years ago, and 75 years ago on Von Braun's rocket, but who are we to laugh?
(hint: we are the ones a century ahead...a century!!!)