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		Aaron2222 on Oct 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA freezes Starliner missions Launching a prototype rocket with the expectation that it will probably blow up and then having it blow up isn't a failure, especially when the goal is to see what happens.

gridspy on Oct 20, 2024 [–]

Especially when each rocket successfully makes it further into the test, beyond the point where the previous iteration failed.

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