SpaceX Launch Failure Due To Timing Problem

FleaPlus writes "Private orbital spaceflight company SpaceX recently announced that last weekend's Falcon 1 rocket launch failure was caused by a collision between the first and second stage of their rocket. This was due to a timing problem, when their brand-new engine design produced residual thrust for 1.5 seconds longer than expected; they're currently working to fix the problem and launch again, perhaps as early as next month. In a recent interview with Wired, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk remarked on their efforts: "Optimism, pessimism, f-ck that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.""

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Re:Wow

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Yep. He is a Randian hero - a 'rugged individualist' who drives society single-handedly by paying other people to do things.

When a person, such as Musk, has his ambition turned into results through the ingenuity of those he has employed, it is tempting for him to attribute that success solely to the ambition part. Its a fairly quick path from there to monomania and hubris.