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pyrale on Jan 17, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Starship Flight 7

Success rate isn’t a great metric for efficient initial work: it will keep improving as more launches are done, regardless of the initial work.

HPsquared on Jan 17, 2025 [–]

There's more to "overall success" then launch failure rate. Cost and time are very important, which are the other dimensions they are optimizing for here.

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