>The Space Shuttle system was not "a rocket", so possibly GP wasn't counting it? I don't see why the space shuttle wouldn't be considered a rocket? It had 3 ro

>The Space Shuttle system was not "a rocket", so possibly GP wasn't counting it? I don't see why the space shuttle wouldn't be considered a rocket? It had 3 rocket engines coming out the back of it. >Were those consecutive successes from the first launch without a dummy payload? Yes, although I goofed the math and it was actually 29. If we're excluding launches with dummy payloads, you could actually add in the Delta IV Heavy, which brings the total up to 39.