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Re:SpaceX wins $440M contract with NASA to develop Space Shu... by Cushman on Friday August 03, 2012 @06:46PM (#4336600)
> More so the vehicle is designed to be able to withstand an engine exploding, even at launch, without damaging the other engines and without preventing the launcher from reaching orbit.

That is absolutely incredible. Gives new meaning to the phrase "over-engineered" (and not in a bad way).

Do you know off the top of your head what's the failure rate for a generic launch? How much is it saying that the Falcon is at 100% so far?

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