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by tomasquintero 4995 days ago
RAID5, they can only sustain one failure.
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Incorrect. From the fine article (SpaceX's release):

  "It is worth noting that Falcon 9 shuts down two of its engines
   to limit acceleration to 5 g's even on a fully nominal flight.
   The rocket could therefore have lost another engine and still
   completed its mission."