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

**I just built and flew a 1/4th sized jumbo jet airplane!**

And then I flew it for a whole year, every day. It never had a failure, it never had any problems.

Because of this, I decided to quadruple the size, and build a full-size jumbo jet airplane.

In theory, it should work fine. It’s just scaled up, right?

Would YOU like to take a trip on its inaugural flight??