[AR] Re: clusters and reliability (was Re: Re: 3 no 4 no 5 legs.)
- From: Nels Anderson <nels.anderson@xxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:56:07 +0000
On 01/22/2016 05:17 PM, Rand Simberg wrote:
I noted when SpaceX first started flying Falcon 9 that they were trading
off mission reliability against schedule reliability, because more
engines increases the chances of a scrub if one is underperforming. They
seem to have wrung out those issues, though.
On that point, I have wondered whether SpaceX there might come a time
when SpaceX would consider launching launching Falcon Heavies with one
engine shut off. That is, say a problem is detected with one engine
before launch, and margin is sufficient to accomplish the mission even
with one dead engine.
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