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by curtis
4507 days ago
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One of the major problems with the shuttle is that the design of the Space Shuttle meant that a loss of mission pretty much also meant the loss of the crew as well. A 1 in 70 accident rate is not nearly as big a deal if there's a 90%+ chance of the crew surviving the accident. (I just pulled the 90% number out of the air -- I've never seen any actual estimates for the effectiveness of launch escape systems in the event of accidents. In practice the success rate has been 1/1.) |
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