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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 10:32:07 JST Ars Technica

   Space Force official expects to certify Vulcan rocket despite nozzle failure

   "It was a successful Cert flight, and now we’re knee deep in finalizing certification."

   https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/space-force-official-expects-to-certify-vulcan-rocket-despite-nozzle-failure/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • J. Steven York (jstevenyork@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 10:37:15 JST J. Steven York

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     It's fortunate that the mission succeeded, and shows the robustness of the core design, but solid rockets have always been iffy, and I'm very bothered that this will eventually be used for crewed spacecraft. Solid rockets+people always seems to me to be a safety mistake (Challenger, anyone?) I'll take a liquid system with an "off" switch over a solid motor any day.