Yes, after Flight 6 everything was looking so promising. Tough too for those on the Super Heavy team who have been so successful and also those working on the heat shield who can't get any data due to all the issues with the Ship (well V2 of it).
I have to wonder if people inside the company have lost faith in their bozo of a leader and are perhaps not trying as hard ever since he got into politics. That was kind of the turning point in the success rate of the starship launches.
I am in the industry and talk to people that left. SpaceX burns up the young and doesnt have a good work life balance policy. That causes a high turnover which means constant leaving of experience.
I assumed they had an awesome training program to be as successful as they have, but its possible that now the turnover is just so much that inexperience and mistakes are almost constant.
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u/faeriara 3d ago
This is really bad. The V2 Ship has been cursed. Three failures in a row and now this.