I very much doubt that this is the only test that would have gathered the required data.
I very much doubt the telemetry will tell them something groundbreaking or that the data they get back will be groundbreaking.
The whole "it's a success if it gets off the pad, damn everything else" goal is...
Now it makes me wonder why FAA or whoever approves these flights actually gave regulatory approval. This whole "Shatship go boom boom hurr hurr" happy-go-lucky approach seems very reckless. It seems it doesn't even matter what they trash along the way or who they might kill.
I am not sure why everyone is congratulating SpaceX for this. The more we see, the bigger the disaster this seems to be.
If this was a NASA launch and it somehow was launched in this state, it'd be considered a failure.
The amount of debris launched around the launch pad and left by the rocket...
I'm shocked it made it as far as it did, it was shedding parts all along its flight. Multiple engines failed and it looks like exhaust from some in quite a bit different. I wonder if RSO blew it up or what.
I love how it just blew its ass up and went flying back up. That and the announcer saying "Third time's the charm". I suppose he was right, the explosion was charming :P
You asked for the product, to which the answer is pretty obvious:
Let's start with your sequence:
2/1 * 3/2 * 4/3 * ...
You can already see that 2's cancel out, because 2/1 * 3/2 has a 2 in the numerator and denominator. Same goes for 3's and 4's...
In this case, the only things that don't...