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Landing a plane 0.1% short on its journey is not great, say.


Landing a plane is always great. Ask any pilot.


Any landing that you can walk away from is a good landing. Any landing after which you can use the plane again is a great one.

A landing that meets neither of the above two criteria, much less so.

Remember: taking off is optional, but landing is mandatory.


> Remember: taking off is optional, but landing is mandatory.

This depends on how fast your plane can go.


Are you referring to one-way trips to space?


It depends on what your goal was




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