Comment Re:Erm... (Score 1) 158
we have enough accumulated knowledge that just getting to orbit shouldn't be accompanied by a string of failures like Starship has been having
Nonsense. Our only experience with reusable orbital rockets is the space shuttle, which was an unsustainably-expensive and complex beast that was more refurbishable than reusable and had a payload one fifth of what Starship is designed for.
Nonsense?
Just because it is designed, doesn't mean it is going to work.
I differentiate between the Falcons and the StarShip. Falcons are fine rockets. But Starship has a real "Spruce Goose" vibe.
This is not the late 1950's when we were just figuring out how to work these candles.
The early days of the Falcons, yes, they had issues. But they ironed them out. And just because they reduced the Falcon 9 to good practice, doesn't mean that Starship will be a good rocket because it's having severe birthing problems.
I also think that there is a big push on the workers, which adds to the problem. Spacex has been really lucky so far. But this latest on the ground boom should be a shot across the bow. Their launch fever syndrome might press that luck too far.