Obviously a failure to successfully land the craft. If the craft cannot be used again it is not a good landing.
On the other hand it did take off and fly without exploding, so that’s an improvement and I have to give them credit for having it at least impact its intended final resting place.
I do believe they will eventually succeed in landing and reusing the spacecraft, but I’m not sure I would trust their workmanship or work ethic to get me home safely if I were to fly in it.
It sounds like they tried a Tesla style ‘over the air update’ between launch attempts when they should have fixed something mechanical.
Looks like a Tesla-esq ‘OTA’ update/shortcut. Like when the Model 3 was panned by Consumer Reports for poor braking which was ‘fixed’ by an OTA which increased regenerative braking. Works for cars but not rockets it seems.
Musk fans are almost a cult. Granted a person can like what he does and not be in the cult, but in general they are easier to understand if taken in that context.
My distain for the man has more to do with what he has done to the auto industry with Tesla. Space-X offends me much less.