Astrobotic's Peregrine lander suffers propulsion issue, making moon landing unlikely angielski

themeatbridge, 10 miesięcy temu

You mean farming out scientific discovery to the lowest bidder doesn’t yield the best results?

wahming, 10 miesięcy temu

Were they the lowest bidder? The article doesn’t mention anything about that.

Also, going with the lowest bidder gave us spacex, which turned out pretty well. Fuck Boeing

verity_kindle, 10 miesięcy temu

Indeed, this is the way. Fuccckk thaaatt Boeiiiinggg ::::meditation mantra::::::

nooneescapesthelaw, 10 miesięcy temu

Farming out to the lowest bidder works well when the guidelines are strict and the client (gvmnt) does good QA.

Lots of stuff was farmed out in the apollo mission and it was still ok. Strict QA was noted as a very important factor in why that mission was a success.

You can read the case study by NASA about this, and you’ll see that they have 1 article just about QA and how they did testing, and another one about testing and deadlines

verity_kindle, 10 miesięcy temu

That’s frustrating. Anyways, SpaceX! Turnaround record of 3 hours! Something fails, learn from it and launch another one. The ULA invests so much money and time, it makes every mechanical or propulsion failure seem catastrophic.

Valmond, 10 miesięcy temu

It might be cheaper but it’s not like its free you know.