NASA Announces Design for New Deep Space Exploration System

Post by nknight » Thu, Sep 15, 2011, 8:36 PM UTC

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #90

nknight wrote: post #86

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> the Falcon series has blown up more than it hasn't. No, it hasn't. Falcon 1 has launched 5 times. The first three failed -- in likely-survivable ways. None just "blew up". The next two were successful.[1] Falcon 9 has flown twice, both successful.[2] 7 launches, 4 successes, 3 survivable failures. Your statement is objectively false. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_1_launches [2] http://en.wikipedia…

Whoops, I thought it was 5 out of 7. So wait, you're applauding 4 out of 7 successes? Really? Look, its obvious that its too early to decide one way or another but thats a fucking rocky start to anyone who isn't a fanboy blinded by whatever allure SpaceX has. Also the disagree downvotes make you look bad. HN is turning into reddit/digg. What a shame.