Yesterday was the EUTELSAT & ABS launch. Anyone who knows me knows that I love space. When SpaceX landed their rocket for the first time in December, I cried. I stood in my kitchen and cried thinking that I had just witnessed an incredible moment in history. It was even more amazing in light of the fact that an earlier launch, in June, had literally exploded in the sky. SpaceX is back, or so the storyline went.
One of my primary focuses in my classes this year was having a growth mindset, constantly working to improve, trying to be better than the day before, for my students and myself. As I watched the launch yesterday, something that the SpaceX engineer said on the webcast caught my attention. In referencing the landing attempt, he said, "We'll either have successful landing or another opportunity to gather data." He did not say that they would succeed or fail; he said that they would succeed or learn something about how to succeed in the future. That is a growth mindset. As it turned out, the rocket crashed, it exploded on the drone ship. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX tweeted, that it had an "RUD = Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly." They take the setback in stride, an opportunity for learning. That's a lesson from which we could all benefit.
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