Re: Falcon 1 is... well it is space history

"hop" <hellsownpuppy@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

rk wrote:

Note the following article:

"Our rockets always blow up"
by Dwayne A. Day, Monday, March 27, 2006

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/585/1

Nice article.

Just in case anyone is confused as to why that lists Sputnik (R7) in
the success column, while I claimed the R7 failed on the first flight:
The first 4 R7 launches were as ICBM tests, and so were not counted in
Jonathan McDowells data, even though the vehicle was pretty much the
same. Of those ICBM tests, the first two both failed in the first stage.

Similarly, the Atlas B is listed as succeeding on its first try. That
was actually the 8th launch of the Atlas B, albeit the first orbital
try, and 3 previous flights had failed, including the first one. Those
flights followed 8 flights of the Atlas A, of which 5 had failed,
including the first one.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Space Access Update #112 9/19/05
    ... Or you could try a large number of inexpensive small launches. ... deliver its Falcon IX, and you were buying 20-30 flights from them, I'm ... And how does an HLV help this? ... Dropping the Saturn V was one of the worst mistakes NASA ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Man-Rating Atlas V
    ... with a well established track record. ... just isn't enough flights to confidently much more than its probably at ... tank structure and different main engines. ... Agreed - the Atlas II experience proves little. ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Space Access Update #112 9/19/05
    ... giving us a proven reliability rate in that stage of 99.54%. ... If we went with Atlas V, then we'd have to use solid strap-ons to up the performance, and if a single solid is a bad idea on the Stick, then using multiple solids on Atlas V is also a bad idea. ... As for SpaceX and it's Falcon 9....well, once they've got some Falcon 1 flights under their belt they might by taken more seriously in the EELV market. ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Orion
    ... Assuming its not shaken to bits on the first couple of launches, ... flights. ... graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
  • Re: Place General Motors in charge of rocketry?
    ... there would have been as many if not more launches. ... If the Russians hadn't been brought in, the Station ... So few if any of those "outiftting" flights would have been ... c/g issues, no SLWT being built, and the like), but it would have been ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)