Flight 9 postmortem

I have other poasts slated, but I figure this one can drop-into the sequence. Read Stephen Green.

Starship's last two 'splosions were FAA mishaps. Two years ago the mishap happened on launch: I'd even suggested someone else do the launchpads. Flight 9 might not be a mishap. The pieces did not fall upon inhabited areas. The stage-separation worked, getting to "SECO" (a milestone I first heard of, yesterday). The booster was reused, until more experiments were done - which experiments were planned.

If not a FAA-worthy mishap, this was still a RUD. The Starship's leaks and breakup were premature for the stuff they wanted to test (excepting the cargo door, which test at least failed earlier).

Let's get Flight 10 up there soon.