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0 pointsmuxator8y ago0 comments

What do you mean by "40% vehicular failure rate"?

Could you please give some insights / sources?

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ygra8y ago

Out of five vehicles built, two have been lost. I think you can find sources on those two incidents easily enough.

elihu8y ago

According to wikipedia, there were 135 shuttle missions. So, a 1.481% failure rate in case anyone was wondering.

woodandsteel8y ago

From a commercial, ROI standpoint, having %40 of your hardware eventually destroy itself is bad news. Especially since each time your whole enterprise stops for years until you find out what went wrong and fix it.

tomp8y ago

What?! All hardware failes eventually. If you get an average of 27 of flights from a single rocket, I'd say that's outstandingly good news!

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