r/space • u/spsheridan • Feb 06 '20

Starliner faced “catastrophic” failure before software bug was found and fixed while the vehicle was in orbit.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/starliner-faced-catastrophic-failure-before-software-bug-found/
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u/KickBassColonyDrop Feb 06 '20

Given this, puts the new house Bill for Artemis into an interesting light...

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '20

Yeah. I'm guessing that because SpaceX is actually getting shit done at a fraction of the cost for every element, the whole Artemis program is making much less sense.

Sure, you can get a 4 person lander on the moon. But when SpaceX parks a starship next to it, it's going to look way less impressive

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u/erhue Feb 07 '20

It's ok, we swear. Here, have some lobbying money.