Success!!!
For those who may not have been following the SpaceX saga...
They launched Starship 5 yesterday morning for a successful test!!!
Much more successful than anyone expected. Got to 36:45 in the video and watch the end of it.
Yep, they 'caught' the booster!!! Amazing!
Say what you will about Musk, but the SpaceX crew is phenomenal! That they could come up with the idea, and then take it to execution is unbelievable...
And yet .gov is going after him every way they can, including slow rolling the Starship testing, along with the games being played by the CCC in Kommiefornia over extra SpaceX launches from Vandenberg.
This has renewed my excitement for our space program, in spite of NASA...
Sigh...
Federal agencies and the Mongols both have/had a great capacity to destroy programs and people. Both relied on fear for their effectiveness. Neither would brook any competition. However, the Mongols were effective warriors able to survive in harsh conditions. Federal agencies rely on locals to make their plans work and can't survive outside the Beltway. 🤔
Musk is committing the cardinal sin: he's making the agency look bad. Repeatedly. And with flair.