00:00The first Spectrum flight in March 2025 was lost, but for a first launch, that was already pretty
00:09solid. They cleared the pad without damaging it. If they don't repeat that mistake, then they're
00:14on a very good path. And that wasn't a success, but it wasn't a historic failure either. The first
00:20flight is still part of the development work. Almost every new rocket dies on the first try.
00:25Falcon 1 took four attempts. Electron had massive initial problems. Firefly exploded on its maiden
00:34flight. And even the Ariane 5 failed on its maiden flight. What counts isn't the first launch. What
00:41counts is whether you get to iterate. And that's exactly what's happening now. That's why the second
00:46Spectrum flight is strategically more important than the first. Because this isn't about deciding
00:52whether you can build rockets, but whether Europe can re-learn to develop rockets like software.
00:58What happens if you have the pilot might be using Star Trek on their Earth?
01:01I would like to say to myself. Thank you very much, sir.
