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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Take a really big bomb…put it in a big trash can…cut a hole in the bottom …and put a seat on the lid and blow it up. Did it work? Kind of… it did launch the chair 30,000 feet in the air…hmmmmm…were going to need 211.2 times bigger trashcan/bomb to hit LEO. Rinse & Repeat.