Artemis 1
Artemis 1, NASA's biggest ever rocket "failed"...  
Written by Simon Gunn BA (Hons)

... or did it?

You may or may not know NASA attempted to launch the most powerful rocket ever yesterday, August 29th 2022, called Artemis 1.

Artemis will be a series of launches designed to land humans on the moon again with the intention create a stepping stone to Mars.

The launch yesterday was seen in many eyes as a failure as NASA had to abort the mission 40 minutes before take-off. 

There was some technical issue regarding an engine bleed – very complex stuff. 

Any woo, 100s of 1000s of people took time off work, made plans to go to the launch to watch this historic event with millions, if not billions of people watching live via social media, myself included. 

There were dozens of comments from people using the words "fail" and "failure" which I personally think is wrong. 

Albert Einstein once said, “You never fail until you stop trying” and I couldn’t agree more. 

If NASA hadn’t had spotted the warning sign, had carried on with the launch, or blagged it and tried to carry on as if nothing had happened, the rocket could have and mostly likely would have blown up on take-off, setting the project back years and costing a fortune! 

This technical issue is a learning lesson, one of which didn’t cost them as much as it could have!

This so called “failure” is a way to be better, stronger and wiser. 

Life is full of errors, mistakes, supposed failures and all of which are there to create strength, resilience and make us smarter. 

How we manage these moments is what really counts and let’s face it, NASA did the right thing to abandon the launch to avoid catastrophic consequences. 

So the next time something doesn’t go the way you “want” it to, or someone doesn’t do or say the things you “want” them too, it’s ok. Instead of stressing over it and wasting so much energy over thinking it, try this instead.

What can you learn from it? What can you do to create a different outcome next time? What can you do to make it better? How can you learn from it?

And remember, fail can also mean First Attempt In Learning. 
           

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