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otter111a t1_j1z5u1p wrote

Reply to comment by VikingBorealis in Historic first launch of Chinese private methane-fueled rocket ends in failure by returnofjuju

Pretty sure challenger was a failure. We didn’t learn very much but it confirmed many modes of failure nasa was already well aware of.

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VikingBorealis t1_j1z64tu wrote

Also old and established technology, that wasn't very good to start with.

It's mostly truenwith developing and new rockets and technology.

Spaceship ha st had a single test flight that hasn't ended in a spectacular fireball. But also lot a single "failure". All but the last was expected to explode, the last wasn't unexpected either.

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