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.
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.
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.
Where is my 'secret hidden door falls off mid flight' square?
I'd say that counts as "Another hitherto unknown failure is revealed".
But it is so on brand
When is it supposed to come back?
Undock Friday night, landing early Saturday morning.
Do you think I should create a dedicated thread for the event on !spaceflight@sh.itjust.works?
Bill Nelson jump scare is so real lol. Can't wait.
My town is barely off the edge of the RUD debris zone! Huzzah! Gosling's Ginger for everybody who isn't hit!
What about call Boeing a "committed partner" after they fail at something?
We need a square for "Place Ze Blame"
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 :)
