Why would NASA assign them a job to launch a payload into orbit before they ever demonstrate their ability with a dummy weight & mechanical equivalent first?
Maybe Astra has all the correct woke attributes and has none of the engineering design, testing, and construction qualifications (which are all “white privilege” characteristics)...
Exactly.
When I see failures, I immediately think of affirmative action.
Those graduates from engineering school who think math is racist fill their held/waiting positions in American industry.