Phillbo 11 #1 June 29, 2015 I hope they get this right soon. http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/28/tech...spacex-rocket/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 June 29, 2015 One of the things that I'm seeing that's a little unfair in the coverage of this is the focus on SpaceX. Sure this was their rocket, but space launches have pretty much always had a catastrophic failure rate of roughly 1:100. It doesn't seem to matter what country or organization does them either; NASA, Soviet, whatever... So, while SpaceX will have to step back a bit to see what went on here, it's not an unexpected event in space launches.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #3 June 29, 2015 quadeOne of the things that I'm seeing that's a little unfair in the coverage of this is the focus on SpaceX. Sure this was their rocket, but space launches have pretty much always had a catastrophic failure rate of roughly 1:100. It doesn't seem to matter what country or organization does them either; NASA, Soviet, whatever... So, while SpaceX will have to step back a bit to see what went on here, it's not an unexpected event in space launches. Just goes to show you that no matter how far we've gone in 50+ years since the space age started, space missions are and always have been "experimental". In other words, anything can go wrong."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #4 June 29, 2015 PhillboI hope they get this right soon. http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/28/tech...spacex-rocket/ Too much grid fin hydraulic fluid onboard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
