Comments on: Launch failures in the past decade cost Russia almost a billion dollars https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/launch-failures-in-the-past-decade-cost-russia-almost-a-billion-dollars/ Sun, 02 Jun 2019 04:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/launch-failures-in-the-past-decade-cost-russia-almost-a-billion-dollars/#comment-1067680 Sun, 02 Jun 2019 04:29:28 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=58474#comment-1067680 In reply to Chris Quilty.

Chris Quilty: Thank you for this factoid. It makes clear that high insurance costs are definitely hurting the Russians due to their quality control problems.

Can you provide a link to this information?

]]> By: Chris Quilty https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/launch-failures-in-the-past-decade-cost-russia-almost-a-billion-dollars/#comment-1067678 Sun, 02 Jun 2019 03:32:05 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=58474#comment-1067678 According to XL Catlin Insurance, the current “Launch +1” insurance rate is ~5%, down from ~20% in the early 2000s.

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