On 2020-11-25, Musk described a launch as a "life leader launch", saying it carried more risk than normal.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.
What would count as true or false
This is a claim about what Musk said. True: a Musk post or statement on or around 25 Nov 2020 calls a launch a 'life leader launch' (or equivalent) and says it carries more risk than normal. Mostly true: he made the statement with the same meaning but slightly different wording, for example 'fleet leader' transcribed as 'life leader', or within a day of the stated date. Mixed: he called it a leader/fleet-leader launch but made no risk remark, or the other way round. Mostly false: a similar remark exists but on a clearly different launch or date. False: the record shows no such statement by Musk.
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Evidence (4)
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E1 SpaceX going for new rocket reuse record on 100th Falcon 9 launch Spaceflight Now · 22 November 2020
““This launch will make it the fleet leader,” SpaceX tweeted of the booster Saturday.”
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E2 Launch Log (2019-2020) — Spaceflight Now Spaceflight Now
“Nov. 24/25, 2020Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L15”
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E3 Record-Setting 100th Falcon 9 Delivers Starlinks to Orbit, Lands Safely - AmericaSpace AmericaSpace · 25 November 2020
“With its latest mission on Tuesday night, it became the first Falcon 9 to record a seventh flight. “This is a life-leader launch,” tweeted SpaceX founder Elon Musk, “so more risk than normal.””
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E4 SpaceX Falcon 9 "fleet leader" returns to port after record reuse Teslarati · 1 December 2020
“the record-breaking rocket booster and new “fleet leader” safely returned to Port Canaveral aboard drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) on Saturday, November 28th.”
Reasoning
AmericaSpace reported on 2020-11-25 that Elon Musk tweeted "This is a life-leader launch, so more risk than normal" about the booster's record seventh flight (E4). That matches both the wording and the risk remark in the claim. Spaceflight Now's launch log puts the Starlink V1.0-L15 launch on Nov. 24/25, 2020 (E3), so the statement falls on or around the stated date. SpaceX's description of the booster as the "fleet leader" (E2), a term also used in later coverage (E5), is consistent with the context.
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Elon Musk, “On 2020-11-25, Musk described a launch as a "life leader launch", saying it carried more risk than normal.” (said 25 November 2020). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_b6c75d761259, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_b6c75d761259
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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