It’s been more than 40 years since the first successful space shuttle launch. However, as we saw with the recent NASA launch, we still have launch failures. Why is it so tough to achieve reliability in space shuttle launches? Does this apply to all space technology?

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It’s been more than 40 years since the first successful space shuttle launch. However, as we saw with the recent NASA launch, we still have launch failures. Why is it so tough to achieve reliability in space shuttle launches? Does this apply to all space technology?

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I feel like most professions are like this. Routine surgeries can go wrong. Hard drive manufacturing still produces defective drives. Database conversion always have some unforeseen error after the fact. Bone grafts by my dentist don’t always work. Etc etc etc…