Eli5: “Why do spacecraft keep exploding, when we figured out to make them work ages ago?”

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I know its literally rocket science and a lot of very complex systems need to work together, but shouldnt we be able to iterate on a working formular?

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Because human errors occurs, both in main assembly and sub-contactor assembly including during delivery. No complex system ever has 0% bugs. It’s just a question of what the bug affects and time. Try reading up on “Murphy’s law”. The higher the complexity the higher the probability of bugs/glitches

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