I'm completely aware. But this is the third flight in a row with a half payload. If this trend continues, it's not a good sign for Starship block 3's performance capabilities.

“If this trend continues” about Falcon 1. About Falcon 9 landings, about Falcon 9 reuse, about starlink capacity, about starship launching at all, about the heat shield, about the catch, about the towers, about drone ship landings…….

That has been the narrative about every single step spacex has ever taken.

And you know what the trend is?

They are kicking fucking ass. Annihilating old space and the writing the game one incremental win at a time.

Yes, the trend is incredibly good.