[davmar]

i don't think so - the ascent looked good. i don't think they need to put the ship on another suborbital trajectory because the booster landing burn failed. also, i don't think this impacts prop transfer or ship catch - both are separate problems.

[ls612]

I think this is technically true but that they want a seamless suborbital flight (like the last two for the Block 2) before they move forward on those other goals.

[eightysixfour]

Why wouldn’t they only care about seamless ship flights, to get some value out of the launches, while they’re still learning and figuring out how to light booster?