SpaceX takes failure to stratospheric levels

Falcon 9 prelaunch test, 2016, 1^st September. © SpaceX.

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s other company, has been working on its Falcon 9 rocket to make it reusable, one iteration at a time. The path to success was paved with spectacular failures, as shown in this cringe-worthy video showing the company's fiery lessons learned. Kudos to Musk for allowing failure – and not just learning from it, but laughing about it.

⇨ Ars Technica, “SpaceX proves it’s not afraid to fail by releasing a landing blooper reel.”