[I want the USA back]

It was designed by PHD “experts” who “knew what they were doing”.

They didn’t know about those little objects moving about in space?

[dragnet2]

Try reading the article for the answer to your question.

[KarlInOhio]

It's like wearing your glasses in a sandstorm. You know they'll be scratched and only be usable for a limited amount of time, but then you get hit by a pebble on the first day.

Sometimes you get lucky and equipment expected to last for a few years keep running like the Voyager probes or some of the Mars rivers. Other times you get unlucky and blow up on launch. This was unlucky and noticable, but degrading rather than destructive.