Comment Re:The bravest astronaut (Score 1) 50
SpaceX is a new company and had 19 launches before failure on this. Even now, we still do not know what caused this.
SpaceX has had more then one failure, this is just their first failure on the Falcon 9 series that resulted in loss of all payloads. The Falcon 1 rocket had 3 failures out of five launches, but was considered a "test" project. Falcon 9 launch #4 was a partial failure where the secondary payload failed to reach orbit. Launch #7 was an almost failure due to a fire during flight down in the Octaweb engine area.
I believe there has been at least one launch where a first stage engine acted up, but I can't find the reference.
SpaceX has had more then one failure, this is just their first failure on the Falcon 9 series that resulted in loss of all payloads. The Falcon 1 rocket had 3 failures out of five launches, but was considered a "test" project. Falcon 9 launch #4 was a partial failure where the secondary payload failed to reach orbit. Launch #7 was an almost failure due to a fire during flight down in the Octaweb engine area.
I believe there has been at least one launch where a first stage engine acted up, but I can't find the reference.