Nick Stevens GraphicsSo, lets see if I got this right.
Saturn V, 13 launches, 100% success rate.
SpaceX Starship, 9 launches, 0% success rate.
Seems to me that Nazi rocket engineers are not what they used to be...
a fading echo@Nick_Stevens_graphics (to be fair, the main V booster did well, but none of them came home.
And as a stack, the Apollo Saturn --> V did well, but had breakages and 3 deaths.)
And as a stack, the Apollo Saturn --> V did well, but had breakages and 3 deaths.)
Cromley@midgephoto @Nick_Stevens_graphics The three Apollo deaths were not in a Saturn V
Psittacus cafeina@VoiceofDuum @midgephoto @Nick_Stevens_graphics
Nor was it a failure of the rocket, which was unfueled.
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Process, stack, project, programme. Hence: "-->V"
simonbp@VoiceofDuum @midgephoto @Nick_Stevens_graphics Yeah, it was on Saturn I, which had a perfect record.
The S-II second stage of Saturn V had two engine-out events, on Apollo 6 (the second uncrewed flight) and Apollo 13, both due to POGO oscillations. The S-II failure on Apollo 6 was bad enough that the S-IVB third stage was unable to restart and wasn't able to demonstrate TLI. So that's the closest they came to failure.
But the threat of a Soviet crewed lunar flyby was strong enough that they went ahead and put crew on Apollo 8 anyways. That was very sporting, and thankfully worked out.
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I remember them.
From the time.