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Tragically, Space Shuttle Columbia was also lost, many years later. Lessons learned and forgotten, or perhaps not learned at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by PhantomGremlin 6y ago
Tragically, Space Shuttle Columbia was also lost, many years later.
Lessons learned and forgotten, or perhaps not learned at all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia#Final_mission_and_destruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia#Final_m...
A particularly relevant snippet: The report delved deeply into the underlying organizational and cultural issues that the board believed contributed to the accident. The report was highly critical of NASA's decision-making and risk-assessment processes.
- DuskStar 6y agoI wouldn't bet against SLS having a launch failure for the same reasons. (If it ever has more than 5 launches, that is)
- mshroyer 6y agoAt least SLS puts its solid rocket boosters well below the crew capsule, though. So compared with the Shuttle, there's some nonzero possibility of safe abort in the event of an SRB explosion.