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  • SpaceX Starship: Flight 12 Ship 39 Reveals A Secret Trick! [21:37]

    03/03/2026 9:34:32 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 36 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 3, 2026 | What about it!?
    SpaceX is dropping the bomb! Ship 39 is at the test site after a spectacular rollout. But there’s a story they didn’t tell us. Starship Flight 12 is closer than you might think, and Starbase is getting ready for a giant leap! And NASA… is overthrowing its own plans while SLS is still stuck on the ground. Radical change is coming for Artemis, and it’s not at all what you’d expect! SpaceX Starship: Flight 12 Ship 39 Reveals A Secret Trick! | 21:37 What about it!? | 625K subscribers | 19.585 views | March 3, 2026
  • Boeing Starliner: Never forget: Incompetence + arrogance => astronauts refused to fly Starliner, and when they were made to, it was a disaster.

    10/21/2025 2:32:26 PM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 20 replies
    X ^ | 10/21/2025 | Steve Jurvetson
    Boeing Starliner: Never forget: Incompetence + arrogance => astronauts refused to fly Starliner, and when they were made to, it was a disaster. From Eric Berger's book: “BOEING HAS AN ASTRONAUT PROBLEM” (p.291) “When the SpaceX engineers could be corralled, they were eager to hear feedback from the NASA astronauts , excited to work with them, and attentive to their suggestions. By contrast, Boeing engineers seemed indifferent to hearing from the four commercial crew astronauts.” (p.293) “There was an arrogance with them that you certainly didn’t see at SpaceX.” (astronaut Hurley, p.294) “Boeing also underperformed. Not only were its engineers...