• @Bangs42
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    2013 days ago

    I desperately want SpaceX to have some competition. Competition drives innovation up and prices down.

    But at the same time, I kind of want this to be a colossal enough failure that they can’t deny that this thing isn’t ready.

    • threelonmusketeersOPM
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      13 days ago

      I desperately want SpaceX to have some competition. Competition drives innovation up and prices down.

      I guess this was a competition of sorts. SpaceX won.

      In retrospect, I wish NASA had had the funding for a third option as well, like crewed Dream Chaser or something. Well, hindsight is always 20/20, I suppose.

      • @[email protected]
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        313 days ago

        NASA should put out an RFI now for the next gen of commercial crew going to commercial stations in 2030+. Given that Blue Origin is working on a capsule and Rocket Lab teased a capsule concept for Neutron, I’m not convinced that Dreamchaser would win, but it would be great to see another round of actual competition.

  • @j4k3
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    1113 days ago

    Where is my ‘secret hidden door falls off mid flight’ square?

      • @j4k3
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        513 days ago

        But it is so on brand

  • @llamacoffee
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    513 days ago

    Bill Nelson jump scare is so real lol. Can’t wait.

  • @[email protected]
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    213 days ago

    My town is barely off the edge of the RUD debris zone! Huzzah! Gosling’s Ginger for everybody who isn’t hit!

  • threelonmusketeersOPM
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    12 days ago

    Starliner did it! An F6 bullseye!

    As for the bingo, the only squares I caught were “>= propulsion failure” and “Stream cuts to a terrible CG model”, which had some nice telemetry on it, so I’m not complaining :)