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Re:Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars by secstate on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @10:34AM (#12644122)
That's a solid point, but the Ariane 5 does not do manned flight either. SRBs are less safe than liquid fuel engines too, no way to shut SRBs down on ignition ... sweet.
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Re:Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars by raverbashing on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @10:36AM (#12644135)
Welcome to rocket science. Not all of this is 100% safe

(see past discussion of a Shuttle mission auto-shutdown, where the Shuttle main engines were shut down seconds before lift-off)

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Re:Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars by messe on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @04:29PM (#12647528)
> Welcome to rocket science. Not all of this is 100% safe

Yes, but the Shuttle was far worse than most in that regard. It's abort modes were limited at best and crazy/non-existent at worst.

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Re:Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars by Retric on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @11:42AM (#12644809)
Yet, from 270 SRB's flights one of them failed. STS-135 included parts flown on 59 previous missions, including STS-1.

The main problem was actually the weight load as the shuttle was hanging off the side.

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Re:Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars by 7952 on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @10:47AM (#12644224)
Its also that when they fail they create dangerous falling debris that could threaten the pad or an escaping crew compartment.
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