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

Question

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?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

The same reason we can’t make a car that doesn’t fall a part. We are building a mechanical structure, moving parts have a ton of variables that create failure points some of which are environmental (that we can’t control).