SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket remains grounded while the company investigates the cause behind a rare failure on their July 11 launch. The Falcon 9 is the workhorse of the space industry, already launching nearly 70 times so far this year. With it temporarily out of service, a number of high-profile missions have been put on […]
Bad look? What’s the Falcon failure rate at this point?
Now what’s the failure rate of any other reusable platform?
Bad look for the rest of the industry
The fact that the entire rest of the industry combined can’t step up to provide flights is an indicator.
If ULA were to go offline, flights could be moved to other companies and the industry might have a hiccup but would otherwise barely be noticed.
Ah, I didn’t catch that meaning. My apologies.