Success redefined
Submit on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 06:00
“He’s been trying to claim success by saying we did 80 percent or 90 percent or 95 percent of the flight plan. Well, that’s like saying you’re taking a jet from L.A. to New York City and having the jet crash before it gets there and you say the flight was 99 percent successful.” — Author and space industry consultant (and former SpaceX lobbyist) Frank Sietzen about Elon Musk’s earlier claims that the second Falcon 1 flight had proven 95+ percent of the rocket’s systems. (Los Angeles Business Journal)
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