SpaceX: BOOM but no bust

First bang at 1:12, big secondary at 3:41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BgJEXQkjNQ (HD)

Companies and governments spend huge sums to get things into space, but an
average of about 1 in 20 launches will fail. That's why many of today's
launches — especially those putting commercial satellites into orbit — are
covered by space insurance policies to prevent catastrophic financial
losses:
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/01/when-...ay-for-it.html

Some basic statistics on space launches (2001):

USSR - 2589 successful, 181 failed, 93.5% success rate
USA - 1152 successful, 164 failed, 87.5% success rate
EU - 117 sucessful, 12 failed, 90.7% success rate
China - 56 successful, 11 failed, 83.6% success rate
Japan - 52 successful, 9 failed, 85.2% success rate
India - 7 successful, 6 failed, 53.8% success rate

http://www.thespacerace.com/forum/in...p?topic=2724.0

There were more successful space launches in 2014 than in any year since
1992, with Russia, the United States and China responsible for more than 80
percent of global launch activity.

Russia had the most liftoffs with 36 orbital launch attempts — 34 were
deemed complete successes — and the United States came in second with 23
space launches, with all but one reaching its intended target.

Chinese rockets were 16-for-16 in satellite launches last year.

There were 92 space launches worldwide in 2014, and 90 of the missions at
least reached orbit. One of those flights — a Russian-made Soyuz rocket
launched from French Guiana — failed to put its payload in the correct
orbit.
http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/01/04...n-two-decades/