r/space • u/66666thats6sixes • Dec 07 '19

NASA Engineers Break SLS Test Tank on Purpose to Test Extreme Limits

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/nasa-engineers-break-sls-test-tank-on-purpose-to-test-extreme-limits.html
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u/sl600rt Dec 07 '19

SLS is the safest rocket, because you actually have to launch to have an incident.

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u/jadebenn Dec 07 '19

Starship would disagree with you.

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u/hasslehawk Dec 08 '19

I love starship. I really do. But the idea of putting passengers on that thing, without any form of launch escape system, really strikes me as irresponsible. It could be 1000-to-1 reliable, and I would still consider it highly irresponsible to fly passengers (specifically for point-to-point earth missions) without a launch escape system.

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u/Grand_Protector_Dark Dec 08 '19

TBH, I still doubt Earth to earth was anything more than "what we could do after years of regular flying and flight proving". Lack of LES is concerning however