Musk Casually Sends 26 Satellites Into Space With His “Failure”

“Elon Musk’s rocket has exploded!” – The German everyman is cheering. The press headlines are dripping with schadenfreude: “Double landing fails!” While we in Europe endlessly debate building permits, Musk casually sends 26 satellites into space with his “failure.”

The bare facts of the 15th Starship test flight expose the media’s cynicism. Yes, Booster 22 did not land at the launch tower yesterday, but instead headed for the Gulf of Mexico for safety reasons. A “setback”? Only for those who don’t understand innovation.

On this very flight, the supposedly “failed” one, SpaceX deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites—the equivalent, in one go, of ten flights of the existing Falcon 9.

The real premiere is still to come today, Saturday:
After 22 hours in space and 14 orbits of Earth, the upper stage of the megacock is supposed to return to the launch tower and be caught. The aborted booster catch was specifically intended to protect this facility, which is essential for today’s mission.

Musk’s approach is completely alien to Europe’s naysayers.
SpaceX has a can-do culture in which mistakes and failures are “seen as a necessary part of progress.” That’s the only way to build a 5,000-ton rocket that will cut launch costs by 99 percent.

It’s bizarre:
An entrepreneur is preparing Mars missions, while Europe—whose overpriced Ariane 6 can barely handle one-fifth of Starship’s payload—takes gleeful delight in a wet booster. Anyone who puts safety above everything else will simply stay on Earth forever.

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