ccgarnaal t1_j148szj wrote
Reply to comment by fabulousmarco in The European Vega-C rocket was lost shortly after lift-off from French Guiana on Tuesday with two Airbus satellites on board by DoremusJessup
Read the title, this was not an A5 launch but the 2nd of the new model small launcher "Vega C"
fabulousmarco t1_j14h9h1 wrote
Yes, I'm aware. JWST used A5 though, a tried and tested launcher with excellent reliability
TrackFittyTwo t1_j14ppmm wrote
Sure. However, things still go wrong sometimes no matter how tried and tested they are.
gulgin t1_j153w8x wrote
But the first launch of a new variant rocket (which this was) is notorious for mishaps. So many things are practically impossible to test without actually launching the rocket.
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TrackFittyTwo t1_j157aoo wrote
Right. I was just thinking of terrible accidents like with the space shuttle despite being thoroughly tested and tried. You just never know.
KindAwareness3073 t1_j17dhx5 wrote
They knew. Launched anyway, for political reasons.
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