Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Let's see if they mimic that strategy when lives are at stake.
Obviously they can't do that. Their "risky" approach is used during development, to get from clean-sheet to certifiable product.
The established, slower, more expensive organizations are terrified of the optics of ANY sort of failure involving flight or even a fueled vehicle on the ground. Musk just doesn't care about that, and it seems to be working for him.