@llamacoffeeM to [email protected]English • 13 days agoAfter another Boeing letdown, NASA isn’t ready to buy more Starliner missionsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15arrow-up179arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkAfter another Boeing letdown, NASA isn’t ready to buy more Starliner missionsarstechnica.com@llamacoffeeM to [email protected]English • 13 days agomessage-square15cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@mipadaitulinkEnglish6•13 days agoYes, except that leaves us with one option for sending people into space again.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•13 days agoWhat do you mean “again”? You mean still.
minus-square@mipadaitulinkEnglish7•13 days agoWhen we had the shuttle. We decided we didn’t want to be in that situation again, but we still are.
minus-squareLostXORlinkfedilink3•13 days agoNot really, Soyuz still exists. And it’s not like Crew Dragon is unreliable or really all that bad.
minus-squareEm AdespotonlinkfedilinkEnglish11•13 days agoUntil Elon decides to use it as leverage to get something he wants.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeersMlinkfedilinkEnglish5•13 days agoI would hope Gwynne Shotwell + the U.S. government would be enough to prevent that from happening…
Yes, except that leaves us with one option for sending people into space again.
What do you mean “again”? You mean still.
When we had the shuttle. We decided we didn’t want to be in that situation again, but we still are.
Thats what i said.
And one plane manufacturer.
Not really, Soyuz still exists. And it’s not like Crew Dragon is unreliable or really all that bad.
Until Elon decides to use it as leverage to get something he wants.
I would hope Gwynne Shotwell + the U.S. government would be enough to prevent that from happening…