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Old October 27th 17, 06:48 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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Default Were liquid boosters on Shuttle ever realistic?

"Greg \(Strider\) Moore" wrote:

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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Look at how many Falcon 9 launches failed before they got a success.


You mean 0?
Landing took some tries, but the launches were successful.


I read somewhere in passing that the first three launches failed. I
now think that author confused Falcon 9 with Falcon 1.


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