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Re:SpaceX’s Starship caused ‘catastrophic’ damage on the ground by penjelly on Thursday April 27, 2023 @07:21PM (#35735765)
no. its perfectly reasonable to criticize this instance. They saw it coming and ignored it, other people saw it and called it out too.

"pure unadulterated success" is just willful ignorance, there is a world where the launch goes well AND the surrounding area and equipment doesnt get wrecked

Re:SpaceX’s Starship caused ‘catastrophic’ damage on the ground by wkat4242 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @08:43PM (#35736284)
One of those that called it out before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35590279
Re:SpaceX’s Starship caused ‘catastrophic’ damage on the ground by Kapura on Friday April 28, 2023 @11:43AM (#35742714)
Wow, this is incredible. The bit near the end that there was no deluge/flame trench turned out to be spot on.