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To: yesthatjallen

Bummer, I know one of the lead engineers and designers (and one of the founders of Intuitive Systems). Its a success and a disappointment. Space continues to be ‘hard’. Countless things can go wrong.


4 posted on 02/26/2024 12:03:33 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Magnum44

Exactly. Remember the Vanguard! And a lot more:

List of spaceflight-related accidents and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight...
As of March 2023, in-flight accidents have killed 15 astronauts and 4 cosmonauts in five separate incidents. [2] Three of the flights had flown above the Kármán line (edge of space), and one was intended to do so. In each of these accidents the entire crew was killed. See more


24 posted on 02/26/2024 1:14:58 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: Magnum44
Bummer, I know one of the lead engineers and designers (and one of the founders of Intuitive Systems). Its a success and a disappointment. Space continues to be ‘hard’. Countless things can go wrong.

The Atlantic Ocean was 'hard,' once upon a time.

31 posted on 02/26/2024 1:50:47 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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