It's funny how extreme the reactions are here. It's either the end of the world or exactly as planned. Both are nonsense.
To me, this looks like it was definitely a noteworthy fuckup, but in the big picture it doesn't seem to be a major setback -- nothing like the recent Boeing issues. That is, as long as a pattern of such events doesn't develop. SpaceX continues to push the industry forward in interesting and exciting ways.
To continue the arm-chair quarterbacking... I feel like a moderate decrease in process aversion would be a good response to this incident. Reduce the chance of similar future fuckups without slowing down too much.
To me, this looks like it was definitely a noteworthy fuckup, but in the big picture it doesn't seem to be a major setback -- nothing like the recent Boeing issues. That is, as long as a pattern of such events doesn't develop. SpaceX continues to push the industry forward in interesting and exciting ways.
To continue the arm-chair quarterbacking... I feel like a moderate decrease in process aversion would be a good response to this incident. Reduce the chance of similar future fuckups without slowing down too much.