Catastrophic Failure

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A catastrophic failure is a sudden and total failure from which recovery is impossible. Catastrophic failures often lead to cascading systems failure. The term is most commonly used for structural failures, but has often been extended to many other disciplines in which total and irrecoverable loss occurs, such as a head crash occurrence on a hard disk drive. Such failures are investigated using the methods of forensic engineering, which aims to isolate the cause or causes of failure. (Wikipedia)

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Blue Origin rocket New Glenn explosion during a test at Kennedy Space Center in Cocoa Beach, FL. 28.05.26 (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

I wonder how the launch pads handle these. I’d be impressed if there’s anything usable left after that past maybe the concrete pad.

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[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

The main cost will be repairing the launch pad. It will take longer than building another rocket.

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