'Imagine a blue whale flying at Mach 25': the best comeback in the Starship flight 14 debate
Space_Mog · x · 2026-09-29
A critic slammed SpaceX's Starship flight 14 for incomplete satellite deployment and engine failures, arguing Falcon 9 makes deployment routine and asking what breakthrough the flight achieved. Astronomy blogger SpaceMog fired back with a viral metaphor: "Imagine seeing a blue whale flying at Mach 25 and complaining that sparrows fly more reliably."
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