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I'd call the 1st launch an abject failure, mainly due to someone not believing massive amounts of water is *required* to reduce acoustic energy into the bottom of the ship along with a dozen or so other considerations, and also thinking it'd be cute to launch on "4/20".
2nd launch I'd agree *mostly* successful, but still, failure of booster and failure of Starship.
If it works, it works, but I still have my doubts that it can be made reliable enough to launch 20 times in a short enough time to fully tank a lunar lander. It's just a hideously inelegant solution, stark contrast to Apollo.
I do have to think there must be a *much* better way...
Another thing is I think that they expanded mission scope vs. Apollo too much. It's a BIG step from setting 2 people down on the moon for a day or so and bringing them straight back.
Anyway, we shall see...
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