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NASA failed to communicate the seriousness of the issue from the beginning. Their press conference mentioned all the work they've been doing for MONTHS. Who kne
by bottlepalm 2y ago
NASA failed to communicate the seriousness of the issue from the beginning. Their press conference mentioned all the work they've been doing for MONTHS. Who knew? Everyone thought things were 'fine'. Huge huge huge failure by NASA here. They can't be trusted.
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- TMWNN 2y agoExample; As late as July 28, NASA flight director Ed Van Cise explicitly denied that the Starliner crew was stuck or stranded <https://x.com/Carbon_Flight/status/1817754775196201035 https://x.com/Carbon_Flight/status/1817754775196201035>. Even if one quibbles about whether "stranded" applies in this situation (I believe that it does <https://np.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1ekicol/not_stranded_in_space_how_nasa_lost_control_of/lgm9fcb/?context=3 https://np.reddit.com/r/space/comments/1ekicol/not_stranded_...>), "stuck" definitely does.
- malfist 2y agoThey did communicate. Feel free to peruse the articles from Eric Berger on Ars. Lots of good info there
- bottlepalm 2y agoThe public did not know and you can easily see what people thought by looking at this graph: https://manifold.markets/TimothyBandors/will-boeings-starliner-return-with https://manifold.markets/TimothyBandors/will-boeings-starlin... If people knew what NASA knew that graph would look a whole lot different. NASA misled the public and then slowly let the cat out of the bag.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoOne, this is a safety decision. PR concerns come secondary to getting the job done. Two, anyone pretending to have known a month ago how this would turn out was lying.