Falcon 9 is the safest rocket ever launched, three times as safe as the second best

[Legend]

The Falcon 9 may now be the safest rocket ever launched | Ars Technica

112 successful launches in a row.

[kitler53]

all that means is failure is on the horizon...

[Legend]

all that means is failure is on the horizon...

Would still be the safest rocket ever, but yeah I expect a failure one of these days. They are targeting ~50 launches this year.

[Legend]

all that means is failure is on the horizon...

~20 launches since your post. Maybe Falcon 9 will retire without ever having a failure again!

Spoiler for Hidden:

Tomorrow they are launching a booster for the 13th time, a new record. Maybe I&#39;m just bumping this thread a day too early &nbsp;<img src="https://vizioneck.com/forum/Smileys/alienine/cool.png" alt="8&#41;" title="Cool" class="smiley"> <br>

[Legend]

In the spirit of tempting fate and bumping this thread too early, Falcon 9 is going for its 189th successful consecutive flight tonight. That is an incredible record.

It is also going for its 100th successful consecutive landing tonight. We are at the point where landing a Falcon 9 is safer than launching any other rocket.

Spoiler for Hidden:

Please don&#39;t jinx it. Tonight is a human launch and any issue would be horrible.<br>

edt: launch was scrubbed, so see ya later today for a non human rocket launch.

Edt2: good launch, good landing. Make's starship feel a lot more sane for humans.

[Legend]

200 launches now, including Falcon Heavy.

SpaceX's Falcon rocket family reaches 200 straight successful missions – Spaceflight Now

Might have another ~200 launches before being retired. Would be cool if it doubles the record again. Or it might blow up on the next launch.

[the-pi-guy]

Do I dare ask about the most dangerous rocket?  /s

Would be cool if it doubles the record again. Or it might blow up on the next launch.

That's the spirit.

[Legend]

Do I dare ask about the most dangerous rocket?  /s

That's the spirit.

Once again, Astra!

[the-pi-guy]

Once again, Astra!

That's funny

In kind of a sad way.  

[kitler53]

Once again, Astra!

that video makes me think of tiny dancer and rocket man at the same time.  

[Legend]

~300 successful launches in a row for the Falcon family. The exact milestone should be in a few days, but it's hard to keep track when they launch so often.

It is a truly incredible record.

[Legend]

334 as the final count, what a run!