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 the forces are massive, the margins of error are small, and there are always events you either can’t predict or can’t do anything about even if you see it coming. Every single thing has a failure chance.

We’ve been making cars for longer and those still fail, sometimes in spectacular fashion.

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