LA PLATA, Maryland — The chief executive of a large European space company once advised journalists how to decode his public statements:
“For us, there are two types of launches: launch successes, and launches that are full of useful information.”
For years, European officials have watched in wonder as US companies’ failures, especially early SpaceX launches, were characterized by Elon Musk as “rapid unplanned disassembly” and asked: Why can’t we adopt this forward-march attitude?
Given the reaction the March 30 failure . . .
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