• Hildegarde@lemmy.worldEnglish
        315·
        6 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
          161·
          6 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·
            6 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
          54·
          6 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”