There does seem to be a certain amount of failure that is necessary to be able to get it right. One would expect that number to decrease over time with each new rocket company but I don’t believe it decreases as much as each company would like to believe.
Move fast and blow things up early rather than slowly. The minimum number of explosions must be met!
It has been stupid from the beginning. They literally have been getting billion of $ in free no strings attached money without any market reality to back it up. Their 'approach' is basically only even possible because they literally have a basically infinite money glitch.
That they make a big deal out of this is just embarrassing, they act like they are competing, but they really don't. They are hobby project for the richest man on the planet and they don't compete for investment $ with other companies like RocketLab.
No sane investor would put their money into Blue Origin and their 'slow and steady' approach.
Move fast and blow things up early rather than slowly. The minimum number of explosions must be met!