They put a man on the Moon, and send rockets to Mars, but they can't learn the distinction between the contraction "it's" (= "it is") and the possessive pronoun "its."
Regards,
“Missions like these are critical for developing new launch vehicles in this growing commercial sector. The Astra team demonstrated dedication to supporting NASA’s mission. The lessons learned will benefit them and the agency going forward.”
That’s a real glass-half-full statement. Go turn that pile of lemons into lemonade. I enjoy their positivity.
0 for 2......that kind of batting average will get you sent to the minor leagues.
All it takes is one bad solder joint.
Most aerospace companies are sorely underfunded. Astra is one of those. Lots of big players, but only timid investments.
Boom Supersonic is another bust company. If you look at the $500 million spent by other aerospace companies who needed billions more to bring products to market but failed to reach critical funding, you laugh at the $300 million Astra has raised.
Astra has had one successful launch so far. That one was a test of the rocket and did not deliver any payload. Their other tests have also been failures.