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fabulousmarco t1_j14h9h1 wrote

Reply to comment by ccgarnaal in The European Vega-C rocket was lost shortly after lift-off from French Guiana on Tuesday with two Airbus satellites on board by DoremusJessup

Yes, I'm aware. JWST used A5 though, a tried and tested launcher with excellent reliability

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TrackFittyTwo t1_j14ppmm wrote

Sure. However, things still go wrong sometimes no matter how tried and tested they are.

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gulgin t1_j153w8x wrote

But the first launch of a new variant rocket (which this was) is notorious for mishaps. So many things are practically impossible to test without actually launching the rocket.

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TrackFittyTwo t1_j157aoo wrote

Right. I was just thinking of terrible accidents like with the space shuttle despite being thoroughly tested and tried. You just never know.

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