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Those two astronauts are never coming down at this rate
A price Boeing is willing to pay... Now please pay executives their bonus peasants. They are your better
The build this fucking country with their barehands
Sorry, what?
Boeing is willing to pay for spacex not being perfect? And we should put astronauts on known safety risks because Challenger and Columbia weren't enough for you?
Look, I get it. Everyone is influencer-pilled. But this isn't even reddit: it is fricking lemmy. So how about trying to respond to topics and discussions rather than just non-existent karma and engagement farming with non sequitors?
You replied to the wrong comment.
Or you need to take your meds. Idk which.
¿PNLD?
Programa Nacional do Livro e do Material Didático?
No... porque no los dos
Ah! Haha yes I agree
To summarize the comment you are replying to:
"astronauts dying is a price Boeing is willing to pay"
"now pay the executives their bonus because, as executives, they are better than you. They also built this country by themselves with their bare hands, without help"
It's extremely facetious, and pointing out that Boeing doesn't give a shit about safety or the people in space, they just want money.
If you're upset that lemmy isn't trying to solve this problem..... Well then I can't help you there. This isn't a place to investigate solutions to global problems or company management issues.
If you want to have one, by all means go make one yourself! unless you turn the speed dial to Plaid, it literally can't be worse than the shitty job the companies are currently doing.
Sorry, did I miss something? Boeing took over the FAA?
JESUS GOD DAMNED CHRIST!!! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! Now THAT is news.
It has nothing to do with "trying to solve this problem" and pretending it does is just an obnoxious strawman. The issue is coming into a completely unrelated thread to spew some idiocy because your favorite influencer does the same. It is engagement farming for absolutely zero reason.
The ONLY mention of Boeing in that article was that they were being considered for a fallback. Which also includes misinformation about NASA deeming it unsafe (as opposed to not as safe/unnecessarily risky when there are safer options). Which.. is an FAA and NASA decision. Because you can bet spacex would gladly fly their rockets if they were allowed to as well.
Good to know you're on the same page as the rest of us regarding whatever it is you're comments have to do with anything.
So what? Should we ban people posting memes too? Should we ban the engagement system/up vote system? Like what's your point here? That people share ideas and thoughts? Wow, what news.
The astronauts in space are a big deal and the latest development had SpaceX rescuing them which is why that person brought it up. They weren't bringing up Boeing originally, they were bringing up the astronaut story since it all ties together. If SpaceX is grounded, how will they get those astronauts?
And then the next person points out that Boeing and most CEOs tend to feel like worker deaths are the cost of business. That's pretty apropos when talking about those astronauts getting stuck up there. Worker solidarity and all.
You missed it by a mile
Learn to read
Don't worry, I'm thinking about starting my own rocket company so we can go get them!
In our first year, I plan to deploy at least 3 fully functional 1/50th scale prototypes.
That's really what sets us apart from the rest. Our commitment to 1/50th scale prototypes. I can't wait, it's going to be pretty sweet!
So, the plan is to launch a rocket carrying a thin string. The astronauts will reach out to catch said string. Then, they will pull a strong chain with the string so they can tie the space station to the chain. Then they will slowly climb down until reaching atmosphere. At the point they will jump with a parachute or continue climbing down slowly. It's their choice.
somewhat relevant xkcd what-if: https://what-if.xkcd.com/157/
That was phenomenal! 👏
This must be that string theory u keep hearing about.
This is not string theory, this is string practical
In theory. But you're right, we're gonna try and try hundreds of millions.... "millions and millions" (of times) as someone smarter than me once said. But by gally (don't know what that means) by gally we'll do it! Even if it doesn't ever work, we'll do it! Because with practice comes.....?
Finally the kind of competition that can knock Conksat from it's pedestal!
This was a landing failure of a booster after returning from it's mission. Boosters have always been expendable one-and-done parts that would be jettisoned to burn up in the atmosphere. Boeing currently has no roadmap for reusable boosters, meanwhile SpaceX has launched this particular booster 23 times! These booster failures are extremely rare and any booster recovery for any space agency/company that isn't SpaceX is notable. SpaceX is the only agency/company that has recovered and reused a booster, and they've done so hundreds of times.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches#Launch_outcomes
Note there was 1 launch failure this year which was their first launch failure since 2016, almost 10 years with hundreds of launches between failures.
The last booster to be lost on a landing was in 2023 and not even a booster failure but simply rough seas:
So in short, yes it is bad that a booster which shouldn't have been lost was. But in terms of crew safety this isn't a huge concern. SpaceX simply has an incredible track record for successful missions and has become the "safe" bet in aerospace
I'm not sure if I even would want to board a SpaceX at this rate
A booster crash landed, so now you're afraid of the capsule?
To be fair the booster is an important part
Technically almost every booster not made by SpaceX ended up crashlanding. It's just notable that this one wasn't supposed to crashland
Not for coming down