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[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Roscosmos doesn't consider clearing the launch tower to be a success. There is value in continuing to use proven technology.

[-] AngryMob@lemmy.one 16 points 1 year ago

Youre comparing a testing goal to an operational goal? How the hell is that even relevant?

We'd all still be using steam engines with your logic, because the moment a gasoline engine blew up in testing we shoulda just given up! And jet engines for aircraft? What a waste of time!

C'mon. You gotta be smarter than that.

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-10

Falcon 9 never had an abort with crew onboard, while Soyuz has.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eh? Both the Soyuz and Falcon 9 are proven spacecraft. That one abort was a fluke and the crew survived without injury. I'm sure they've put in some effort to make sure that abort won't happen again.

[-] becausechemistry@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

clearing the launch tower during a test launch with an experimental rocket that has no payload and no humans aboard is success

managing to get into the right orbit without aborting using a rocket that’s launched since the 60s and is lit with giant matchsticks is success

You, an idiot: “these are comparable”

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Also, the first one is reusable.

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