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True, but remember he only gave falcon heavy a 50/50 shot of getting high enough before exploding to not damage the launch site on its first launch.

Musk is incredibly optimistic about schedules, and pessimistic about launches.



It would be hard for him not to be pessimistic about launches given the early years of SpaceX. Not even their 150-odd successful Falcon 9 launches/landings would erase the scar tissue.


“We will launch very soon and it will explode very big”




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