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by termain 3794 days ago
Presumably, those estimates are just for the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME/RS-25), give that's what Rocketdyne was manufacturing and propulsion is one of Marshall Spaceflight Center's fortes.
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> Presumably, those estimates are just for the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME/RS-25)

If so, the risk for the entire system (shuttle) should be higher, not lower.

Yep.

Edit: To be clear, I wasn't saying it was lower.

> I wasn't saying it was lower.

Sorry, I didn't mean to refer to you; I should have been more clear. I was referring to NASA's or anyone's estimates for the shuttle.