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>multiple unexpected catastrophic explosive failures There has been one, a second stage that failed to relight the engine due to a sensor issue that was quickl
by dotnet00 2y ago
>multiple unexpected catastrophic explosive failures
There has been one, a second stage that failed to relight the engine due to a sensor issue that was quickly fixed. Since then they have had more successful launches than most companies fly in entire years. The other failures were:
- A booster that failed to land after the most flights any booster in the fleet has had, a problem only SpaceX is capable of having right now
- A second stage where the engine shutdown during a deorbit burn was a few milliseconds later than expected.
On the other hand, the "minor issue" on Starliner had Boeing burning hundreds of millions of dollars trying to replicate the issue on the ground, after so many years of waterfall-style development.