And? Redundant systems still fail. Not something I want to bet my life on, personally.
Umm. OK. But "nothing fails" is different from "something fails" if the something is redundant.
The things that cause one system to fail are pretty likely to also cause another just like it to also fail. As a designer of fault tolerant systems, I can tell you that increased redundancy increases complexity, which increases failure modes as well. Redundancy works well only when the entire redundant systems are completely independent, which they can’t be in something this size. Not to say this isn’t cool, and I wouldn’t try it, but it’s not something I’d spend much time in. Risk is very high imo
It would be interesting to see details of the engineering for their "triple-modular redundancy" and "fault-tolerant design" for my own risk analysis. They claim to have accumulated 31,000+ miles and 3,200+ flights during testing, although they don't mention whether there have been any accidents as a result of system failures. The package does include a ballistic recovery parachute.
