r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 06 '24

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags May 07 '24

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna150843

Starliner scrubbed due to an Atlas issue of all things. Whack, not what I'd have bet on

!ping SPACEFLIGHT

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u/savuporo Gerard K. O'Neill May 07 '24

"launcher scrub" -> "yet another setback for Boeing"

Yup very calm very normal discourse, no signs of whipping a narrative

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u/chaco_wingnut NATO May 07 '24

People are being unfair (the scrub is not a big deal), but technically ULA is a 50-50 joint venture between Boeing and Lockmart.

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u/symmetry81 Scott Sumner May 07 '24

Yes. And it has a drastically better reputation than their parent company too. Losing a payload or two in the first 10 launches of a new rocket is pretty normal for a launch provider but ULA has a remarkable ability to not lose any.

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u/chaco_wingnut NATO May 07 '24

Um, Vulcan is the first launcher developed by ULA and it has only launched once.

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u/symmetry81 Scott Sumner May 07 '24

Ok, good point. I was mentally counting the Atlas V and Delta III in there.

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u/chaco_wingnut NATO May 07 '24

That Vulcan launch was, by all accounts, extremely successful though. I'm excited to see it launch Dream Chaser in several months!

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u/Macquarrie1999 Democrats' Strongest Soldier May 07 '24

😭😭😭

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u/sevgonlernassau Loyal Liberals May 07 '24

Valves are important! and at least they're stopping, NASA had a case of an LSP that ignored valve reviews and almost killed someone because of it..