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To: hoagy62
The first three Falcon 1 launches were failures.

At some point in the future, Falcon 9 will experience a catastrophic failure during launch -- law of averages. It will happen; the only question is when.

37 posted on 10/29/2014 9:43:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: Cincinatus

I know. I don’t have a jones for Mr. Musk, but I do think his Falcon series of launch vehicles is the best civilian vehicle out there.

They’re working on the Falcon Heavy, which is eventually supposed to be man-rated. It’ll go with the Dragon 2.0 crew launch capsule they recently unveiled.


40 posted on 10/29/2014 9:47:15 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: Cincinatus

Heck, SpaceX had a test rocket explode a few weeks ago using a modern engine. As you said, in the rocket business, an explosion happens eventually.


41 posted on 10/29/2014 9:47:56 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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