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I feel like they need to go the SpaceX route and build dozens of these things and just launch them with the expectation that most will fail, but they learn from

I feel like they need to go the SpaceX route and build dozens of these things and just launch them with the expectation that most will fail, but they learn from each failure to improve the next ones.

jve 4y ago
Not even SpaceX is going to test launch when there are obvious issues.
quartesixte 4y ago
Leak was on launch tower side, no? 8-inch quick disconnect hoses have to be really gnarly to do anything with.
jbay808 4y ago
Do you think they would have learned something worthwhile by proceeding with the launch?
- everybodyknows 4y ago
  The worst case would at least yield data from an incontrovertibly true-to-life, no faking, test of the Launch Abort System: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/launch-abort-motor-for-orion-s-artemis-ii-mission-arrives-at-kennedy-space-center https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/launch-abort-motor-for-or...