Why SpaceX’s Historic Starship Flight Wasn't a “Failure”

Why SpaceX’s Historic Starship Flight Wasn't a “Failure” Yisela Alvarez Trentini is an anthropologist and User Experience Designer. She explains why SpaceX's historic flight was, by all measures, a success. Science embraces failure. Science fails regularly and at a high rate — and that's what makes it extraordinary. We can’t find solutions to problems if we avoid failure; on the contrary, failure encourages us to broaden our perspective and explore alternatives.