llamacoffee@lemmy.worldM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoNASA chief will make the final decision on how Starliner crew flies homearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10cross-posted to: arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
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minus-squareintensely_humanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoYes. I’m a big fan of SpaceX, but I only feel sadness at this Starliner debacle. We really, really need competition in the important things.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoOr the approach of a well-funded NASA where they over engineer everything. Not that their track record was perfect, but it’s certainly a better approach than the race to the bottom that business competition brings.
Yes. I’m a big fan of SpaceX, but I only feel sadness at this Starliner debacle.
We really, really need competition in the important things.
Or the approach of a well-funded NASA where they over engineer everything. Not that their track record was perfect, but it’s certainly a better approach than the race to the bottom that business competition brings.