[AR] Re: reusability and reliability (was Re: Re: Congratulations, Bill...)
- From: Henry Spencer <henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 10:00:07 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013, Rand Simberg wrote:
> >> would have been launched for the same overall amount of money, and probably
> >> nobody would have died at all.
> > A curious assertion, since so far, expendable-launched capsules with
> > escape systems have killed three crews, while the shuttle only killed
> > two...
>
> Well, to be fair, you can't blame the Soyuz crew loss from capsule
> depressurization on expendable launch vehicles.
However, I *can* blame it on expendable hardware :-), since it was caused
by pyro shock from jettisoning their orbital module!
Agreed, though, that several of those accidents had nothing in particular
to do with expendability, except insofar as it made proper testing and
debugging difficult. I was addressing the ludicrous assertion that using
capsules on expendables would probably have prevented loss of life.
Henry Spencer
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