08/26/2024 8:32:38 AM PDT
· 59 of 72 Robe
to Libloather
Boeing’s largest employee union voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to authorize a strike, increasing the pressure on the company to meet its demands for higher wages and better working conditions or risk a crippling walkout later this year.
Jul 17, 2024
They want 40% PAY INCREASE!!!
08/22/2024 2:51:06 PM PDT
· 20 of 54 Robe
to SamAdams76
I wore those white shirts and skinny black ties, it felt like I was in an exclusive club, when I first walked into Mission Control I felt I was on Hallowed ground, and I was!
08/22/2024 2:42:54 PM PDT
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to hinckley buzzard
I was with a contractor assigned to crew systems during the Apollo/Soyuz and Skylab missions. When Skylab relived itself of one solar panel and about 1/2 of it’s insulation. It was all hands on deck. It didn’t have to be a open memo but the attitude was we didn’t care if you were a aerospace engineer or the janitor,all ideas and suggestions were valid and deserved consideration.
08/07/2024 8:58:17 AM PDT
· 10 of 21 Robe
to Campion
They are also saying that there is no way to jettison Starliner as it could destroy the ISS. The former Starliner WAS both autonomous docking and undocking, the code was removed from this one...why? Software has no weight so why remove it? Seems that NASA has abandoned it’s crew safety above all and developed a attitude of hubris.