Why do we still expect “successful failures” on rocket launches and not just scale up or scale down the same design on successful rocket ships and launch pads to make bigger or smaller ships with more stable structural material?

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Why do we still expect “successful failures” on rocket launches and not just scale up or scale down the same design on successful rocket ships and launch pads to make bigger or smaller ships with more stable structural material?

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Answer 1

Because, contrary to what you have heard, rocket science is hard!

They did something never done before with the new super huge mega rocket. They now have new data for their models when they try again.