tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post1161750248166919929..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Two Good LaunchesSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-60556419294653425992022-05-22T09:38:00.852-04:002022-05-22T09:38:00.852-04:00The launch wasn't exactly perfect. The first t...The launch wasn't exactly perfect. The first thruster pushing it away from the stage failed one second into operation, the backup thruster failed 40 seconds into operation, and the second backup thruster managed to keep going for the duration of the burn. I remain cautiously optimistic about the landing...Malatropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12187333180472067677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-87436458367444349972022-05-20T17:01:42.404-04:002022-05-20T17:01:42.404-04:00Mebbe. Personally, I Abandoned Hope where NASA wa...Mebbe. Personally, I Abandoned Hope where NASA was concerned after they shut down the Shuttle program and cancelled the SSTO (X-33) stuff.<br /><br />Yet, here we are, with SpaceX clobbering the competition. What will the next 5 years bring?Igornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-92098009842862991502022-05-20T12:23:02.563-04:002022-05-20T12:23:02.563-04:00One hand washes another, and dissenters with an in...One hand washes another, and dissenters with an independent middle-class power base do not rise to that level. Every senior official has made their bones, and has some history which the real rulers can hold over them. Every official statement from an executive of a federal department is untrue in the important big picture details, including the implied 'only a government can do X'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-11997737331363302452022-05-20T00:16:31.167-04:002022-05-20T00:16:31.167-04:00I will take Charlie Bolden's and Lori Garver&#...I will take Charlie Bolden's and Lori Garver's comments with a rather large grain of salt. Both were Obama era, big government types that probably thought that the Commercial Crew Program was a bad idea, mainly since they were not in total control.<br /><br />Yeah, and nobody "on the Hill" likes SpaceX because they are not old aerospace. And they probably like them even less now because Elon doesn't like to play along with them and their bull scat.BillBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593147581583316765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-89268338080134640312022-05-19T23:40:38.923-04:002022-05-19T23:40:38.923-04:00I hope that given the name 'Starliner' an...I hope that given the name 'Starliner' and Boeing's recent performance, that it doesn't end up *inside* a star.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317597809710979689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-85215820813021699942022-05-19T21:48:21.138-04:002022-05-19T21:48:21.138-04:00Well hopefully the current administration at NASA ...Well hopefully the current administration at NASA is not as clueless as those 2 jeeezzE M Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688126245175279928noreply@blogger.com