They’re simultaneously testing hundreds of little to big changes to the vehicles with every launch. Stuff will go wrong along the way.

If that results in their rockets exploding, perhaps they should not be allowed to do this? That’s not how science is performed.

Exploding rockets are not exactly friendly to nature or people.

Apple’s stock has grown by 1,000% since Tim Cook took over as CEO. But obviously that has nothing to do with Tim Cook being a good CEO…

I’m not surprised. Profs and PIs are scientists first and often not really trained to manage people. Paired with big egos, the exploitation of non-EU PhD students appears rather common in academia.