Comment by Symmetry

Comment by Symmetry 2 days ago

8 replies

ULA is pretty remarkable for it's run of new rockets not blowing up. Looking at ESA, JAXA, RosCosmos, ISRO, etc too is how I'm setting the par. A history like the Ariane 5 is pretty typical where flights 1 and 14 failed.

throw5959 2 days ago

Wouldn't really consider that NewSpace. These are as old as space industry gets...

  • Symmetry 2 days ago

    Yeah, 2 failures is par for OldSpace. NewSpace usually does much worse, though SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Rocket Lab's Electron managed to get the traditional par.

  • dmix 2 days ago

    China's various new rockets are another example.