Fighter pilots have a phrase—beyond visual range—to describe launching weapons against opponents they can’t see. I think of this every time I see one of Elon Musk’s edge-of-technology rocket tests, even the ones that blow up, as this one did last week at SpaceX’s test site in Texas. Musk’s vision isn’t just beyond my visual range, it’s 30 million miles into the solar system, where Mars resides.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/insider/spacexs-joyous-blowing-up-of-rockets