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Apparently I need to say this is a personal account
Jun 22, 2024 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
1/ Welp, guess who's back with another way too long space thread? On today's episode of futile attempts to reign in space twitter claims (embedded below), we'll cover dev styles, contract awards that might more comparable than you thought, and more!
@T30E1 @kogavfx @culpable_mink 1/ Wow, okay, there's a lot to break down in what you just said.
Being a bit pedantic here, Starliner is literally flying right now. But it's fair argument to describe this more as SpaceX is many flights ahead.
@T30E1 @kogavfx @culpable_mink 2/ While Starliner did have problems that required significant amounts time to address, there is a lot more to the story around the full duration of many of the gaps between flights. ...
Jun 21, 2024 • 84 tweets • 19 min read
1/ Apparently a lot of people didn't actually read the news article which inspired these sort of comments and was was written by someone not affiliated with the program nor the actual flight test.
2/ And this article also contains quoted opinions from a person who hasn't been affiliated with the program since CDR over a decade ago (consultant 2009-2014) which was before CCP contracts were awarded nor are they affiliated with this flight test.......
