https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-10

Falcon 9 never had an abort with crew onboard, while Soyuz has.

clearing the launch tower during a test launch with an experimental rocket that has no payload and no humans aboard is success

managing to get into the right orbit without aborting using a rocket that’s launched since the 60s and is lit with giant matchsticks is success

You, an idiot: “these are comparable”

Youre comparing a testing goal to an operational goal? How the hell is that even relevant?

We’d all still be using steam engines with your logic, because the moment a gasoline engine blew up in testing we shoulda just given up! And jet engines for aircraft? What a waste of time!

C’mon. You gotta be smarter than that.