• remon@ani.social
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    135 missions, only 3 failures with a total of 14 astronauts dead.

    Yeah … that is bad. In fact, the worst track record for any manned space vehicle.

    Also the comparison to Starship is stupid as it’s still in development. And Falcon 9 already beats the shuttle in everything but raw payload capacity. Hell, so did the Soyuz.

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      Falcon 9 is only partially reusable, it is not a reusable vehicle, only the booster. Can’t really compare it to the space shuttle.

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        Neither was the space shuttle, so they are totally comparable

        And even the reusable parts if the shuttle needed extensive and lengthy maintenance to fly again, something the falcon 9 has vastly improved upon.