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Hopefully the door to the ship doesn’t fly open during the mission … If there were decent competition or many firms in the space I wonder if Boeing’s failures

Hopefully the door to the ship doesn’t fly open during the mission … If there were decent competition or many firms in the space I wonder if Boeing’s failures in quality making planes would affect its ability to get government contracts

pixiemaster 3y ago
well in this case the alternative are probably Space Karens FullSelfPiloting RoboRocket
- LorenDB 3y ago
  Please note that SpaceX has successfully launched 12 crewed flights, and their "full self pilot roborocket" has landed itself 300 times so far, with the oldest boosters having flown 20 times each (and SpaceX plans to stretch that to 40 flights each). If you don't like Elon Musk, you can say so, but that's no reason to be dismissive of SpaceX's overwhelming success as a spaceflight company.
  - collingreen 3y ago
    If the poster doesn't like Elon Musk (clearly doesn't, from the extreme snark) then Elon's relationship with SpaceX seems like a very valid reason to consider them together, whether you think the company is doing well or not. It's kind of silly to tell someone the CEO has no impact on a company and that the CEOs previous antics are no reason to dismiss the company's current output.
_joel 3y ago
It's ok, they checked it whilst replacing all of the flammable tape they used to wrap the avionics :/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crewed-starliner-launch-delayed-by-flammable-tape-botched-parachutes/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crewed-starliner-...
tjpnz 3y ago
Nothing would surprise me at this point. Every time they address a problem they find a bunch of new ones. God knows how many more they're introducing in the process. I wouldn't want to fly on that thing unless the Boeing CEOs (current and previous) were also present.
- jprete 3y ago
  Might not be enough. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion
allanmacgregor 3y ago
I came here for this comment, thank you!

pixiemaster 3y ago

well in this case the alternative are probably Space Karens FullSelfPiloting RoboRocket

LorenDB 3y ago
Please note that SpaceX has successfully launched 12 crewed flights, and their "full self pilot roborocket" has landed itself 300 times so far, with the oldest boosters having flown 20 times each (and SpaceX plans to stretch that to 40 flights each). If you don't like Elon Musk, you can say so, but that's no reason to be dismissive of SpaceX's overwhelming success as a spaceflight company.
- collingreen 3y ago
  If the poster doesn't like Elon Musk (clearly doesn't, from the extreme snark) then Elon's relationship with SpaceX seems like a very valid reason to consider them together, whether you think the company is doing well or not. It's kind of silly to tell someone the CEO has no impact on a company and that the CEOs previous antics are no reason to dismiss the company's current output.

_joel 3y ago

It's ok, they checked it whilst replacing all of the flammable tape they used to wrap the avionics :/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crewed-starliner-launch-delayed-by-flammable-tape-botched-parachutes/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crewed-starliner-...

tjpnz 3y ago

Nothing would surprise me at this point. Every time they address a problem they find a bunch of new ones. God knows how many more they're introducing in the process. I wouldn't want to fly on that thing unless the Boeing CEOs (current and previous) were also present.

jprete 3y ago
Might not be enough. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion

allanmacgregor 3y ago

I came here for this comment, thank you!