alt Hacker News> They've blown up 11 Starships without any of them making it to orbit.
They purposely were not trying for orbit from my understanding. The last one did orbit the earth at suborbital heights and release satellites. It did seem to do what they wanted it to do, it wasn't a failure.
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freejazz • yesterday at 6:34 PM
Easy not to fail when you are purposefully not trying to succeed
verzali • yesterday at 6:15 PM
I doubt they set out to launch eleven times without reaching orbit.
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Not only were they not trying to reach orbit, they are specifically trying to do risky things that they can learn from. It's not exactly destructive testing because they hope to succeed, but it's close.