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by rrss 1638 days ago
Important to note that the agreement was made in 2007, so reliability as a factor would be reliability as assessed in 2007, not 2021.

I think that in 2021, Falcon 9 ‘s track record arguably suggests it is more reliable than Ariane 5, but it doesn’t matter because the Falcon fairing is too small for JWST.