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user-inactivated  ·  3682 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Orbital Science Rocket Explodes

That SpaceX article didn't have anything to do with the serviceability of the rockets, though. Just legal wrangling.

I'm skeptical -- firstly, Orbital has pulled off a couple previous resupplies, and NASA clearly trusts them to some extent. Secondly, SpaceX has every reason to bitch about a rival.

Anyway, I stand by my comment. Given the several million things that can go wrong at each launch, it's amazing we've come to take these things for granted.





kleinbl00  ·  3682 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Look - rockets are pretty damn exciting. I watch them go up every chance I get. But the "ZOMG why don't they crash all the time" thing is uncalled for. They don't crash all the time because they're triple-and-quadruple checked. Every time someone says "it's amazing" you're denigrating the very people who earn their living making it mundane.