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Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces (futurism.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There really is no other option.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Just gonna throw this idea out there:

What if they hired a bunch of engineers who graduated from sketchy, unaccredited colleges in foreign countries and paid them half as much much?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago

Is this like when Americans blamed Pakistani coders for B737/MCAS debacle only to be proven they implemented Boeing's (fatally flawed) specifications to the letter?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Then we can give bigger bonuses! What a genius idea.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Of course there is! They could spend more money in PR campaigns and ~bribes~ lobbying

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

You need double ~~tides~~ tildes for the cross out text to work