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Yeah, Starliner is not what we need for today's manned missions. I costs way too much and is a dead end as far as usefulness to the ISS and whatever...

I think all of what you mentioned is going to delay the Starliner crew flight test (CFT) at least a year, perhaps longer. It really is a...

Starliner has got a long way to go. The "Doghouse" (Service Module) has really got them in the Doghouse. But I think the toughest issue is with...

I found this: https://bstrategyhub.com/spacex-competitors-alternatives/ but, uhm, I don;t find this convincing.

Are there other parties that currently have some hope of competing with SpaceX?

Let's run through the OFT-2 problem list (so far); • 2 OMAC thruster failures, low chamber pressures. • 2 RCS thruster failures during...

Starliner OFT-2 webcast begins today; May 19 at 1800 Eastern on NASA TV https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg

All Starlink satellites since about New Year's have had laser links, and once Starship starts flying the Gen 2 birds get massive upgrades and...

Sure they can, at the cost of blinding themselves... which amounts to "un-jammable". Point-to-Point Laser links are essentially unjammable barring...

Chinese military website. After its performance in the Ukraine war they are really wigged out over Starlink. Ukrainians are using it not just to...

Can't have independent thought and free elections, can we now? God forbid, the Little Red Book might be proven to be worth less than the paper it was...

I am sure I am lacking knowledge on this but as far as I can tell, the political analysis at the time was that China would transform to a more open...

Yes, it was, but it was the Clinton Administration was the one who really turned the screws (actually opened the floodgates) in the 1990's. ...

Uhm, the One China Policy was by Nixon, no? I disagree we should hand a lifeline to Russia if that means that we should tolerate incursions in,...

Corrected to Re-Militarization of Germany. Corrected to Re-Militarization... Japan never really stopped believing for a moment that the PRC...

So, Finland is going to apply for NATO membership. I would bet Sweden to follow soon. So for now, what has Putin accomplished: 1....

Let's see if they can get it right this time... Date: May 19, 2022 Time: 1824 Eastern Pad: LC-41 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Booster:...

Starliner has been stacked on Atlas 5 for a launch attempt. Apparently they patched it together enough to fly, swapping out the entire service...

Wow! I have no clue what damage a 7Kg bike can do to a car that it collides with at 90Km/h but it'd be a scare for me for sure.

Sounds like fun practice for a gymkhana. In downtown Detroit drivers have to be content with pieces of old bridges falling off and hitting their...