>>13977728instead of trying so hard to get it right, would it have been a better approach to be half as careful and plan for two launches in case the first one failed?
in terms of its robustness, surely they reached a point of diminishing returns looong ago. instead of trying to insure a first attempt success, they could have been more reckless, made a first attempt 10 years ago, and fixed the problems (if any arose in the first place) the next time around???