• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM
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    6 months ago

    The entire Starliner program has been quite the clusterf*ck these past few years. In retrospect, it’s kind of incredible that SpaceX was viewed as the risky startup in Boeing was viewed as the reliable option. This was true back in 2014, of course, but the tables have certainly turned since then.

    Nevertheless, I’m always excited for the debut of a new crewed launch vehicle!

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      6 months ago

      Starliner is there to extract that sweet wage slave nectar… SpaceX had a point to make.

      Company ran by boomers bean counters is in business of looting, space business is just a means to do the looting.

      SpaceX will be the same within a generation. None of these innovation clowns actually believe in it any innovation. It is always about market share and then rent seeking once share is secured.

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        6 months ago

        Even if SpaceX goes south, they’re at least an inflection point that seriously changed the industry.