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[–] clothes@lemmy.world 61 points 4 days ago (7 children)

This article is worth the read. Starliner was in an extremely precarious situation that we didn't previously know about.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Petition to make all launch failures this pretty.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's so disappointing. Now the next person to write valid, honest critiques will have to overcome this author's selfishness to get attention.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Berger suggests that "another launch before this summer seems unlikely".

I think that's speculation rather than reporting, but it's nice to have a non-CEO reference point. Hopefully employees get a breather during this redesign, somehow.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I'm struggling to think of a reason that Starship shouldn't be grounded for 6-12 months after this (I know they won't be, but I'll be mad about it). This is a consecutive uncontrolled failure during the "easy" part of the flight over a highly populated region. It seems like pure luck that the RUD didn't happen early enough to impact land. They're still doing a great job, but today was rough.

Maybe it's time to rethink the Texas plans?

Edit: Upon reflection I'm less pessimistic now, as long as the FTS behaved reasonably. But I'll still be mad if they're flying again in a month.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Tout est nominal jusqu'à présent! Interesting how wobbly the fairings looked during separation.

Fingers crossed the engine relight is more successful than last time.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I nominate Ariane 6 for the Cutest SRB Award.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Apparently there was an issue with ground equipment.

Due to further operations needed on a ground means interfacing with the launcher, the launch is postponed. The new launch date will be announced following the completion of these operations.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Launch postponed :( No details or NET yet.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I've seen claims that Humble may be hiding some valid, previously-revealed keys.

In other words, it's probably a good idea to reveal all your keys and save them in a spreadsheet. You don't have to claim them in steam so you can still trade/gift them, and I don't think they typically expire.

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The ergonomics will be a bit tough but I'll try to switch!

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

QWERTY keyboards aren't very accessible to non-humans. How should we order the keys instead?

 

We shouldn't overreact, as Berger points out none of the relevant appointments have been made. It's still a stunning report with huge implications. Here's the full quote:

To be clear we are *far* from anything being settled, but based on what I'm hearing it seems at least 50-50 that NASA's Space Launch System rocket will be canceled. Not Block 1B. Not Block 2. All of it. There are other ways to get Orion to the Moon.

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