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The problem is that in the list there are manned and unmanned rocket mixed. For example, the Ariane rockets are still unmanned, so if they lost one it is only an insurance problem. The Soyuz had manned and unmanned mission. But all the missions of the Shuttle were manned, so each time they had a big problem they had casualties. It would be interesting to see that includes only the manned missions.


This is a very good point for a reason that you don't call out:

Man-rated systems are DESIGNED to be much safer. The trade-off involving dollars is entirely different. You can't criticize a non-man-rated system for blowing up any more than you can criticize a UDP packet for not getting through: that trade-off was engineered in.




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