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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

the irony of NASA having issues with a starliner, a Boeing vehicle is just delicious! They dont work great IN the atmosphere I'm not sure why we thought they'd do better in orbit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"1atm is hard, so 0atm should be easy, right? Right guys?"

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

"And look, we're so efficient, we built the thing and had four bolts left over! That's real savings, those things are expensive!"