Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wcilQ58hI&t=2920s
(the cheering is actually really funny cause the launch was already a success)
(the cheering is actually really funny cause the launch was already a success)
All, really ? What about the flight plan ?
I like the American philosophy to see the good part of experiences even when thinks don’t go as planned, but IMHO I feel like it's drifting more and more from « there’s good in failure » to « let’s call everything a success ». May be wrong, just my European point of view through the transatlantic optic fiber.
If the plan says they'll go all the way into orbit and they abort early, that's ok.
If the plan says they'll get 100m off the ground and go no further, and they instead manage to make it all the way into orbit, they'd be in a huge amount of trouble.
Given the above, what sort of flight plan would you recommend they file?
Don’t get me wrong, I understand the first part of the flight was important and considered mostly a success.
A phrase like "all I hope for" doesn't necessarily mean "the only thing I hope for" but instead usually means "the thing I hope for most (or above all)". If someone were to say, "all I want is a good night's rest", it doesn't mean they no longer want oxygen, for example. :)
EDIT: Perhaps a better way to think about it is, if it had crashed back to the stand and damaged things there that would be a setback. If it made it all the way that would be as much progress as you could get. Failing before MECO was less progress than I expected but still progress.
> I really miss NASA launches
Those still exists ...
Not everything has to be the same. Each company has its own spin on its launch coverage and its own company culture.
Why? This is just the public viewing area from where SpaceX own employees watch from. And they worked on this thing for years, seems pretty realistic that they would be exited.