"Falcon 9 did exactly what it was designed to do. Like the Saturn V (which experienced engine loss on two flights) and modern airliners, Falcon 9 is designed to handle an engine out situation and still complete its mission. No other rocket currently flying has this ability."
Chills down my spine as I read this. I try to write eloquently, but sometimes the fact should stand alone: "No other rocket currently flying has this ability."
This reminds me of a major feature Chrome had when launched - to withstand a crash of any of the opened tabs. I thought it's a funny feature to have... other browsers just preferred not to crash in the first place. Then I tried Chrome and realized it was a great feature for them, because Chrome kept crashing all the time (back then).
What I wanted to say by this is that while it's a great thing for Falcon 9 to have fail-over in its maiden flights (as we could see yesterday), I wouldn't worry too much about "other rockets" not having this. Soyuz rockets are a great example (100% success rate for manned flights to ISS and over 97% success rate for all Soyuz rockets (that's since 1966)[1]).
Chills down my spine as I read this. I try to write eloquently, but sometimes the fact should stand alone: "No other rocket currently flying has this ability."