(Not) a happy landing

The article that I read today on CBS is about the latest achievements of Elon Musk's SpaceX and is written by William Harwood. A few days ago another Starship prototype didn't manage to survive its test. It was the first model, which managed to land. This "happy landing" was greeted with applause from people around the world. The happiness however was stopped shortly after, when SpaceX's rocket once more exploded, this time on the ground. 

Starship is a vehicle that is going to be used by Elon Musk for transporting people and other resources to Mars and also other places in our planetary system. This is the reason why it must be very safe  (by space flight standards of course). In my opinion that it's better that the new prototype failed, because it gave its engineers (and other members of the team that's responsible for this project) the new important information. It's better that it's the prototype that exploded and not the final version with the crew on board. We must also remember, that the project is going forward not backward and SpaceX does make progress. During the earlier two tests none of these rockets managed to land before being blown up. I'm optimistic, and I hope that the next test will be finally, fully successful.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-starship-sn10-prototype-explodes-after-landing/ 


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  1. englishdiary10 marca 2021 00:51

    I agree, errors and failures are really blessings for scientists and inventors. If something fails, it gives you a chance to investigate.

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