Those astronauts!
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I get pissed when my flight is delayed an hour.
Back in the late 80s I read a book called the Next Century (I think). The author had recently visited the former Soviet Union and had this comment, "....this is a third world country that makes a good rocket". That was then, this is now. We don't seem to have the government sponsored good rocket thing
Still are. They should stop wasting time building a single spacecraft. Let nasa build their own if they can.
They should also eliminate the bs dei policies that were probably pushed in them by a government agency.
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I'd bet that sometime during the life of the ISS, a couple of folks decided to join the 250 mile high club. Maybe it was a legitimate experiment to see how/if it could be done.
No it’s not. Probably right about DEI but not a good company currently.
Yes. If they don't get the 777-9 certified and start delivering these planes next year I really have to wonder if they can avoid bankruptcy. Shocking how bad a company they are now.
I disagree. They have blood on their hands. That's not a good company.
Stuck until at least February now.
Remember when Boeing was a good company?
Remember when Boeing was a good company?
seems like a few generations of management misunderstood how to run a company
I think at this point Boeing is $5 billion plus into this spacecraft development project.
Now you read that they can't release the capsule without having a crew aboard. Why? Because without a crew it may be impossible to navigate the craft away from the station without risking a collision! No big deal, right? Unfortunately the capsule has defective thrusters and the crew would be risking their lives if they attempted to drive it home.
So the Boeing CEO has been replaced. A total house cleaning, even at NASA, is probably the right way to go. Incompetence, bad management, lack of attention to detail. It is like me fixing our toilet.
Now you read that they can't release the capsule without having a crew aboard. Why? Because without a crew it may be impossible to navigate the craft away from the station without risking a collision! No big deal, right? Unfortunately the capsule has defective thrusters and the crew would be risking their lives if they attempted to drive it home.
So the Boeing CEO has been replaced. A total house cleaning, even at NASA, is probably the right way to go. Incompetence, bad management, lack of attention to detail. It is like me fixing our toilet.
The CEO gets blamed but he didn't design or manufacture anything. He has to count on a lot of other people doing their job.
P.S. Do you still need help with your toilet?
TBH, this started when McDonnell Douglas was 'purchased' by Boeing and then replacing the Boeing management with Douglas management in the late 1990's. That and Boeing moving their HQ away from Seattle / Renton to Chicago, away from where their core work was being done and into their own little echo chamber.
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