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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Rockets don’t explode anymore. I can’t remember the last launch of a fully developed in production established rocket system. What we do hear about is explosions of in development, new and experimental rocket systems. It’s quite different.

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