Why Rocket Science is not as hard as people think?

"..........It's not like it is rocket science". We have all heard that before.

It is also wrong to think of it as easy. With all the human spaceflights made in history and the lives that have been lost to make the moment like the 1969 Apollo 11 mission possible. It will really be selfish if one thought of it as easy and pessimistic to see it as all doom and gloom. Saying that ah this is easy, I can probably do that and go on and lose millions if not billions of dollars is a little bit cray cray.

A huge interest is starting to spark in the space industry. With engineers and scientists working days and nights to make space missions possible. With the media coverage getting bigger and bigger every day. But honestly, how challenging can it be. To give you a little bit of context, in 2021 104 spaceflights were successful and 10 failures making the total number of flights to 114.

So yeah, not bad right? Building rockets is complicated and most start-up rocket companies fail to launch, and they lose a lot of money in the process. The probability of failing is high.

SpaceX failed to launch three times before succeeding. I guess the rule is fail before succeeding. Despite the failures, engineers are willing to take the risk to build space companies. Hoping to build the next SpaceX.

With newer companies like Rocket lab, Astra, Relativity Space and many more, entering the space industry with boldness and with little chance of success. Getting to launch is a sigh of relief to the founders. Depending largely on external investments. The bigger the paycheck the bigger the chance of success. With each investor aspiring to invest in the next SpaceX and hoping to make big bets on founders who walk and talk like Elon Musk.

With all that being said, is Rocket Science really hard. No and yes. The best way to describe it, is just simply challenging and founders must know that the road ahead is bumpy.