Re:After a decade, NASA’s big rocket fails its first real test
by jariel on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:41PM
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The Gemeni and Apollo projects were very iterative, and rife with failures.
They launched a new mission every few months!
Apollo burned downed and killed the crew, the next Apollo was up a few months later! The second moon mission was launched a few months after the first.
1960's NASA was a little bit like SpaceX.
That said - we should remember that Space X is iterating on already established tech, at somewhat of a smaller scale. They started smaller. Let's see how it works with their newer, bigger gear that is breaking boundaries.
They launched a new mission every few months!
Apollo burned downed and killed the crew, the next Apollo was up a few months later! The second moon mission was launched a few months after the first.
1960's NASA was a little bit like SpaceX.
That said - we should remember that Space X is iterating on already established tech, at somewhat of a smaller scale. They started smaller. Let's see how it works with their newer, bigger gear that is breaking boundaries.