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"We saw rust and crack, so we repaired them" seems like the culprit. Not the age.

Which begs the question... If they don't know enough about rockets to build them, how can they possibly know how to safely repair them?

I don't know enough about computers to make my own PC from scratch. I however can fix some problems with PC. So you can have one without another.

I was commenting more on the (not surprising) comments from their detractors, not so much on the official explanation.