buh [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoBoeing's Starliner astronauts could return on SpaceX capsule in Feb 2025, NASA sayswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10
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minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThe Starliner program has been notorious for relying heavily on computer simulations, instead of doing the “hardware-rich” testing that SpaceX is famous for and which was also the norm in the 1960s NASA culture.
minus-squaresomeone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYeah, it was the Saturn V “pogoing” problem. It really is amazing that spaceflight is even possible given the engineering challenges.
The Starliner program has been notorious for relying heavily on computer simulations, instead of doing the “hardware-rich” testing that SpaceX is famous for and which was also the norm in the 1960s NASA culture.
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Yeah, it was the Saturn V “pogoing” problem. It really is amazing that spaceflight is even possible given the engineering challenges.