The space capsule's first crewed flight has experienced five failures of its 28 manoeuvring thrusters, five leaks of helium and a slow-moving propellant valve that signal unfixed issues from past flights.
The big difference between SpaceX and Tesla is that SpaceX has to perform to NASA technical and safety requirements. They can’t just shit out crap hardware because the asshole-in-chief wanted to play automotive engineer. SpaceX has to make stuff that actually works. It also helps that there’s someone competent running things day-to-day there instead of the aforementioned asshole-in-chief.
The Dragon capsule had to successfully complete both an in flight abort test and several uncrewed trips to the ISS before NASA trusted it to carry astronauts, the Starliner skipped both.
The big difference between SpaceX and Tesla is that SpaceX has to perform to NASA technical and safety requirements. They can’t just shit out crap hardware because the asshole-in-chief wanted to play automotive engineer. SpaceX has to make stuff that actually works. It also helps that there’s someone competent running things day-to-day there instead of the aforementioned asshole-in-chief.
The Dragon capsule had to successfully complete both an in flight abort test and several uncrewed trips to the ISS before NASA trusted it to carry astronauts, the Starliner skipped both.