Schöner Rant über SpaceX und Starship. Er vergleicht da Starship mit NASA-Raketen von vor Jahrzehnten und der Vergleich sieht nicht so gut aus für L. Ron Murks.

Die letzte unscheduled rapid disassembly von Starship war ein Fuel Leak. Das ist eine Sache, die man eigentlich technologisch im Griff hat.

For example, Artemis 1’s launch was deferred several times due to fuel leaks. These leaks, while small, could have quickly escalated to spectacular mission failure. Instead, NASA didn’t launch, fixed them, and tried again. As a result, even though Artemis 1 was the first-ever launch of their SLS rocket, it completed its mission to orbit the Moon and return to Earth.

Starship hingegen hat 7/7 Launches durch Explosion beendet.

I want to give you context as to how embarrassing this is for SpaceX.

Over 50 years ago, NASA was able to get its Saturn V, a rocket nearly as large as Starship, to fly without ever having a failed launch over its 13-launch, six-year operational lifespan. This was a rocket designed with computers less powerful than a Casio watch, built with far less accurate techniques and materials, with check systems and procedures infinitely less sophisticated than anything today. Yet, engineers were able to ensure it never had a launch failure, even during testing.

Der ganze Artikel ist so. Viel Spaß beim Lesen.