2025-12-27 11:22:48

Why Do Rockets Keep Failing? Because That's How Real Innovation Works

Elon recently explained the SpaceX approach to Joe Rogan: those rocket explosions? They're not mistakes—they're strategy.

Here's the thing: SpaceX deliberately pushes every design to its absolute breaking point, as quickly as possible. Sounds reckless, but it's actually the fastest way to collect real data. Theory can only get you so far. You need to know exactly where things snap.

Most companies play it safe, iterate slowly, gather feedback cautiously. SpaceX? They compress years of incremental testing into months of aggressive iteration. Each failure is a data point. Each explosion teaches you something theory never could.

It's brutal, expensive, and feels chaotic—until you realize it's the shortcut to real progress. The market rewards speed. In crypto, in tech, in business: the ones willing to fail hard and fast usually win.

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MevSandwich

· 18h ago

Damn, this is the real scientific method. Explosions are just looking for bugs. How many people are just talking on paper? --- Bankruptcy-style innovation, I like it. That's how crypto works—fail fast, winners take all. --- Exactly, the safety iteration approach should have been eliminated long ago. Now it's just a matter of who dares to spend money to try and fail. --- This logic also applies in the crypto world. Those stable projects are actually being surpassed, it's really absurd. --- Every explosion is data burned out by money. Comparing it to VC's money-burning logic, hmmmmm. --- It's the same in Web3. Which big project hasn't experienced a few rug pulls and failures? Those who survive become giants.

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NewPumpamentals

· 18h ago

Haha, that's why Elon Musk always wins. While others are still in the PPT stage, he's already exploded for the fifth time.

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Lonely_Validator

· 18h ago

Blowing up rockets is just collecting data. It sounds crazy, but on second thought... it might actually be the fastest way. Push directly to the limit, if it doesn't work, blow it up, fix where it breaks. It's probably way faster than those conservative companies that just play it safe. It's the same in crypto—those who dare to take action tend to survive longer, really.

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EntryPositionAnalyst

· 18h ago

Damn, this is why Elon Musk can always overtake on the curve. While others are still modeling in Excel, he's already launched the fifth rocket... Really daring to play, this mindset would have blown up in the crypto world long ago haha Bankruptcy-style innovation, sounds exciting It's just that burning money is too intense, but luckily they have the funds This logic, I feel like I've heard it somewhere before... Oh right, the crypto folks are just as failed Rapid iteration beats perfect planning, I believe in that --- It's basically using failure to gain an information advantage. Whoever has lower learning costs wins A bunch of people are still optimizing on paper, while they are already moving on to the next track But this definitely requires a solid capital base... Ordinary startups simply can't afford to play

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