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Comment by bumby | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]bumby · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:52 UTC · link
Right, those are historical numbers, not design specs. I was asking for the design spec. Ie, in order to say whether it was “safe enough” the historical numbers either exceed the requirement spec (or not), like what exists for CCP.

There are multiple layers of risk consent, from engineering, safety, medical, and crew, for NASA. Of those, I think crew are the least likely to say no because they tend to come from a very risk tolerant population.

[−]labcomputer · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:30 UTC · link
Obviously it wasn’t “safe enough” because congress declined to continue funding it, and there was very little pushback from anyone when that happened.

Whatever official spec that did or did not exist is irrelevant.