Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad?

Re:Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? by simiones on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @05:14AM (#36597779)

Look at it another way: if they can't even get the launch pad not to catastrophically fail and endanger the facility and all of their permits, why should we trust them to do anything else more complex much better?

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Re:Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? by inglor_cz on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @05:44AM (#36598026)

"why should we trust them to do anything else more complex much better?"

Because the same people previously developed Falcon 9 Block V, the safest and most reliable launcher on record?

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Re:Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? by nocoiner on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:23AM (#36598757)

Isn’t Atlas V also 100% successful?

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Re:Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? by inglor_cz on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @07:46AM (#36598983)

True, but Falcon 9 Block V adds the partial reuse capability; while we can say that each Atlas V flew reliably once, we can say that many Falcon 9 first stages have flown reliably several times.

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