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Rocket Report: Another hiccup with SpaceX upper stage; Japan’s H3 starts strong (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Given the unprecedented launch cadence of Falcon 9, I wonder whether we are just seeing "1 in 100" kind of failures, or whether they are having quality control issues as they try to push the second stage production rate.