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Vastly different, but the most likely point of failure is the moving parts, as tested in the static fire. Other parts that failed had been successfully used in
by manicdee 10y ago
Vastly different, but the most likely point of failure is the moving parts, as tested in the static fire.
Other parts that failed had been successfully used in flight so a "dummy launch" would have provided no certainty other than "everything worked this time."