SpaceX and other space stuff

[Wood and Wire]

Starliner returns empty on Sept. 6th. Undocking at 6pm EST and (hopefully/supposedly) crashing through the roof of White Castle around midnight.

 

[markwrob]

Wish it had occurred to me a while back to do what some folks did with Skylab, and sell hardhats and T-shirts with bullseyes on them.

You know, you could probably sell a ton of those in certain towns in China....

 

[Winslow]

...crashing through the roof of White Castle around midnight.

Or...?

 

[bholder]

"Don't make me send the Flying Monkeys!!" hehe hehe hehe

 

[ahc]

As Starliner made it's re-entry through the atmosphere, ground controllers could hear a faint, high pitched cry of "I'm melting! I'm melting!" in their headsets.

 

[markwrob]

The comments on this article are even better than the article. Which is pretty darn good itself. You can't make this stuff up! Um, unless maybe you're a writer for the Aliens movies or something...

The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises

"I don't know what's making it."

arstechnica.com

 

[Winslow]

The comments on this article are even better than the article.

 

[Wood and Wire]

View attachment 7019243

If you did that, then bravo for not just great work, but fast work.

 

[markwrob]

If you did that, then bravo for not just great work, but fast work.

Good and fast, that's the mantra at Winslow Industries! Now, wait for the invoice to arrive....

ETA: it's a cost-plus contract, no doubt!

 

[Winslow]

If you did that, then bravo for not just great work, but fast work.

Are you with the Boeing "whistleblower" squad?? You have to tell me if you are!

"The memes are coming from inside the office!"

 

[Winslow]

Now, wait for the invoice to arrive....

People get paid for this??!!

 

[Wood and Wire]

Good and fast, that's the mantra at Winslow Industries! Now, wait for the invoice to arrive....

ETA: it's a cost-plus contract, no doubt!

I was subtly trying to avoid the elephant in the room, that the Quality / Speed / Cost triangle had been broken, by doing the job for "exposure"

 

[fig]

Here's the NASA live coverage schedule for Starliner undocking and return. About halfway down the page.

NASA Sets Coverage for Starliner News Conference, Return to Earth - NASA

NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming activities for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft departure from the International Space Station and return to

www.nasa.gov

 

[Winslow]

...doing the job for "exposure"

Theoretically...



It may have been done simply for fun...




...by whoever does such things...





...at least, so one might suppose.

 

[Winslow]

Here's the NASA live coverage schedule for Starliner undocking and return. About halfway down the page.

Thanks for that! I might just stay up late to see the fireworks uh... I mean... coverage.

 

[ahc]

Who's makin' the popcorn?????

 

[markwrob]

Theoretically...



It may have been done simply for fun...




...by whoever does such things...





...at least, so one might suppose.

Yeah, on this thread we can agree it's all just for fun. Now, dropping it into e.g. the Ars Technica comment thread is another cuppa....

 

[Winslow]

Who's makin' the popcorn?????

 

[Winslow]

Now, dropping it into e.g. the Ars Technica comment thread is another cuppa....

One can only imagine it would take somebody crazed from lack of sleep to do that...

 

[ahc]

View attachment 7019622






View attachment 7019623