NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as “Type A” mishap, says agency made mistakes

"The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."

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[r0twhylr]

Isaacman's candor reminds me of Feynman on the Rogers Commission investigating Challenger.

 

[r0twhylr]

Are y'all seriously going to ban one of your most prolific posters who often adds to discussions relating to spaceflight for no better reason than that heused a naughty word twice in responding to a bigoted and asinine post?

That's an overreaction.

The rules around here cut the same way no matter who you are. Aurich & the mods are very serious about doing their best to treat everyone equally under those rules.

I think it's fair to say that the troll he was responding to should be called out and maybe booted as well (posting bad information / posting in bad faith / flamebait / etc), but that's not my call.

 

[r0twhylr]

Are you suggesting that Artemis SHOULD continue? Each day it seems, more voices are speaking out about how risky Artemis has become, all for the purpose of fulfilling some DEI goal. In the very, very best case, Artemis might find science to add to Apollo. Regardless, any rational engineer would argue that if Artemis must fly, then an unmanned proving flight is needed.

Artemis is a Trump-sponsored moonshot program (look up Space Policy Directive 1, signed by Donald J. Trump in 2017). If it is a DEI program, you have DJT to thank for it, and based on your derogatory use of "DEI", you sound like one of his acolytes. Your posts are littered with photoshopped meme-level graphics that attempt to convey baseless emotion instead of demonstrable fact, and are out of place in the conversations here. Learn to read the room.

If you have anything of value to add to the conversation in a level-headed manner from an informed point of view, we'd be glad to hear it. Otherwise, you're just more noise vs. signal.