• Hildegarde@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Roscosmos doesn’t consider clearing the launch tower to be a success. There is value in continuing to use proven technology.

      • AngryMob@lemmy.oneEnglish
        16·
        5 months ago

        Youre comparing a testing goal to an operational goal? How the hell is that even relevant?

        We’d all still be using steam engines with your logic, because the moment a gasoline engine blew up in testing we shoulda just given up! And jet engines for aircraft? What a waste of time!

        C’mon. You gotta be smarter than that.

        • Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Eh? Both the Soyuz and Falcon 9 are proven spacecraft. That one abort was a fluke and the crew survived without injury. I’m sure they’ve put in some effort to make sure that abort won’t happen again.

      • becausechemistry@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        clearing the launch tower during a test launch with an experimental rocket that has no payload and no humans aboard is success

        managing to get into the right orbit without aborting using a rocket that’s launched since the 60s and is lit with giant matchsticks is success

        You, an idiot: “these are comparable”