Safety Must Be A Primary Design Goal
The primary advantage of the Ares I is that it is the safest low-Earth-orbit launcher ever designed. It is not difficult to recognize that a launcher requiring only one turbopump (Ares I) is safer than one using 10 (Falcon 9). Most people riding in a vehicle containing many tons of highly explosive...
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