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The big thing about the space shuttles is that all those missions were manned. When you have a mission with multiple humans on board, the stakes are much highe
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
The big thing about the space shuttles is that all those missions were manned.
When you have a mission with multiple humans on board, the stakes are much higher.
- UseStrict 6y agoThey're already launching humans on reused rockets, as of the Crew-2 Mission that launched a couple of weeks ago.
- ansible 6y agoThey have re-flown the booster and Dragon2 capsule for the ISS Crew-2 mission.
- DarmokJalad1701 6y agoBoth Falcon9 first stage and the Dragon capsule are rated for multiple flights with humans on-board.
- rozab 6y agoFalcon 9 has lost 2 payloads over ~120 flights. One was lost on the pad prior to dress rehearsal, so doesn't really count. There were 135 shuttle flights, with 2 crews lost (1 on the way up). I would much prefer the odds of flying on Falcon 9, especially since it actually has a viable launch escape system.