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ULA is pretty remarkable for it's run of new rockets not blowing up. Looking at ESA, JAXA, RosCosmos, ISRO, etc too is how I'm setting the par. A history like
by Symmetry 2y ago
ULA is pretty remarkable for it's run of new rockets not blowing up. Looking at ESA, JAXA, RosCosmos, ISRO, etc too is how I'm setting the par. A history like the Ariane 5 is pretty typical where flights 1 and 14 failed.
- throw5959 2y agoWouldn't really consider that NewSpace. These are as old as space industry gets...
- dmix 2y agoChina's various new rockets are another example.
- dredmorbius 2y agoWhat are you talking about? They'll launch of their own volition! "Chinese rocket static-fire test results in unintended launch and huge explosion" (30 June 2024) <https://spacenews.com/chinese-rocket-static-fire-test-results-in-unintended-launch-and-huge-explosion/ https://spacenews.com/chinese-rocket-static-fire-test-result...> <https://yewtu.be/watch?v=IlQkeKa4IKg https://yewtu.be/watch?v=IlQkeKa4IKg> (Shakeycam video)
- sangnoir 2y agoTBF: that wasn't an unsuccessful launch attempt, but a failure to not launch. Which affirms parent in that they seem to have work out all the kinks out during development.
- dredmorbius 2y agothat wasn't an unsuccessful launch attempt, but a failure to not launch. My point exactly.
- sangnoir 2y agoThe comment at the root of this thread was specifically addressing making it to orbit on first launch - which a bench test isn't.
- dredmorbius 2y ago<https://youtube.com/watch?v=4zRbWNtd05w https://youtube.com/watch?v=4zRbWNtd05w>
- Symmetry 2y agoYeah, 2 failures is par for OldSpace. NewSpace usually does much worse, though SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Rocket Lab's Electron managed to get the traditional par.