Author: Henry Spencer

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Past experience, on the shuttle and the Titan rockets, suggests that large multi-segment solid rockets have a probability of failure of 0.5 to 1 per cent.

Past experience, on the shuttle and the Titan rockets, suggests that large multi-segment solid rockets have a probability of failure of 0.5 to 1 per cent.

- Henry Spencer

My one concern is that when money gets tight, it's easy to cut R&D funding that isn't tied to a specific project - look at what's happened to NASA's aviation research.

My one concern is that when money gets tight, it's easy to cut R&D funding that isn't tied to a specific project - look at what's happened to NASA's aviation research.

- Henry Spencer

Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.

Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.

- Henry Spencer

Is manned space exploration important? Yes - not least because it simply works much better than sending robots.

Is manned space exploration important? Yes - not least because it simply works much better than sending robots.

- Henry Spencer

Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it's usually violent and spectacular.

Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it's usually violent and spectacular.

- Henry Spencer

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