What? I was responding to the person saying falcon 9 is the most reliable vehicle we have.

I was merely pointing out that soyuz has like 1500+ launches over Falcon 9 and that there is no comparison.

> pointing out that soyuz has like 1500+ launches over Falcon 9

Not the current variants. If we’re integrating everything called Soyuz we may we well do the same with Long March and every American rocket that uses similar engines.

Falcon is widely considered the most reliable platform you can launch on today.

Widely considred by whom? Elon Musk? Soyuz has like a 98% average success rate over all the variants.

> Widely considred by whom?

Every statistical audit I’ve seen by someone with a background in aerospace engineering.

> Soyuz has like a 98% average success rate over all the variants

Great. You don’t get to fly on “all the variants,” you fly on the most recent. The RD-107A, 108A and Soyuz-2 are not as reliable as Falcon 9.

As I mention in a sibling post, Soyuz might have more launches, but it also has way more launch failures.

Not just more launches, over a THOUSAND more launches. Soyuz has a 98% success rate. Falcon 9 needs to do A LOT more launches before it can be comparable.