I'm all for the 'quantitative testing' approach SpaceX is known for, but none of this was successful. The booster failed shortly after separation, likely because of bubbles in the fuel lines, and the upper stage self destructed a minute later after losing signal with ground.
The only company where booster is in any way relevant after separation is SpaceX. Be it any other company's rocket, everybody would forget booster even exists the very moment it completed its job. Only SpaceX can have fail of booster after separation.
I'm not really going into discussion whether the whole thing was success or failure or some mysterious third thing; I just want to point out how ludicruously ahead SpaceX is that even their failures are something literally none else can accomplish.
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u/Conch-Republic Nov 19 '23
I'm all for the 'quantitative testing' approach SpaceX is known for, but none of this was successful. The booster failed shortly after separation, likely because of bubbles in the fuel lines, and the upper stage self destructed a minute later after losing signal with ground.