• wosat@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I suspect there is at least one engineer who voiced concerns months or years ago, was not listened to, and is now having an “I told you so” moment.

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      5 months ago

      They’ve know about the helium leak for a month now but managers “did not consider it significant enough to stop the launch”. It’s always incompetent managers.

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        5 months ago

        Reminds me of Roger Boisjoly who desperately objected to launching space shuttle Challenger in cold weather. Managers struck again that day.

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      5 months ago

      Clowns are generally highly-skilled professionals who care about their audience. Please don’t compare them to Boeing.

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      But that taxpayer money keep flowing

      Not in this specific case. Starliner is a fixed-price contract, not cost-plus. Boeing is having to foot the bill for their own incompetence, and I’m all here for it!

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    5 months ago

    Boeing engineers traced the leak to a flange.

    I expected software issues, maybe avionics, but a flange? How.

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      It’s Boeing. Instead of making an aircraft that actually flew well, they designed an entire extra system that pretends to react like the plane doesn’t react, and then that system FORCIBLY NOSEDIVES PLANES randomly.

      I’m almost surprised it’s not something more stupid.

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      5 months ago

      You misheard. It’s a problem with plange. Computer plange. Specifically snibbits.