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I don’t think you understand how powerful air dominance truly is. They’ve sent predator drones in there with zero resistance

Airstrikes were one of the biggest reasons that ISIS was defeated as totally as it was in the Middle East

You do realise nothing on the SLS side changes right? Like the hardware will literally be the EXACT same

Except there’s no evidence this is actually the case AND we have clearly seen evidence to the contrary where even tho they may have still been able to fix this issue at the pad, they still rolled back to investigate.

There is clear communication and clear decision making.

If you already have a conclusion you can find ‘evidence’ to back it wherever you want. But that’s not how you should view the world chief

I mean ffs the most flown U.S. launch vehicle in history and most reliable ever developed world wide with 549 successful missions out of 550 SEES THE SAME ISSUES

Soyuz, the oldest launch vehicle family still flying, has scrubbed for valves and even batteries dying before. Shit. Happens

Again, NOT how engineering works

Just because your car gets a flat twice doesn’t mean you’re driving poorly. Or being incompetent

Shit HAPPENS

The shit that’s actually happened here isn’t remotely a huge issue or something that should have magically been solved.

It’s a saying lol

So is the issue that they’re rushing and ignoring safety…or that they’re NOT rushing to make sure it’s ready to fly?

I’m struggling to understand how it’s supposedly both at the same time.

Also NASA absolutely does lose money for delays.

My brother in Christ, the issues HAVE been fixed

If you mean hydrogen leaking? No shit. It’s GOING to leak. That’s what it’s going to do

The helium issue wasn’t a leak. From the sounds of it, it wasn’t even a vehicle side issue anyway

Again, assumptions. Too many cooks spoils the broth too

Buddy, it’s already been delayed two months over small issues AFTER rollout. Many more delays before

They’re already doing all the necessary checks and need to in order to pass FRR

The claim Challenger was rushed to meet the STOU is a myth btw. There’s literally zero evidence for it.

Other vehicles that get moved to the pad in this way ALSO see similar issues.

It hasn’t. It hasn’t taken literally 3 years to fix problems

Like the rocket nor the pad broke. A connection between them just had the seal broken

Buddy, this is moving that caused the ground side connection to become displaced

How would that matter in flight? You know, after they’ve already disconnected all the interfaces to the ground?

It’s literally been an issue since the beginning of its use in rocketry my guy.

It’s nothing like challenger

We’re even assuming it’s a valve. It could literally be as simple as a clog in a filter or the interface not being connected properly

It’s worth being aware yes, but don’t let every tool you use be a hammer. Don’t jump to assuming XYZ over a valve issue when the only main they even need to rollback is to look at it and actually access the area.

Can you tell me that your doctor hasn’t at least once ignored someone’s condition or missed something? Does that mean your doctor is inherently unreliable?

It can also push companies to be competitive in every area including being safer, more reliable, higher performing, etc

There’s even less business in losing trust and killing people than being smart and not doing that. Falcon 9 is a perfect example

Lost sales yes, cost cutting (which is a specific term) no. Being competitive is a double edged sword

It can lead to companies doing dumb shit like this (although that’s not entirely the case. Boeing has deeper issues that just being shareholder oriented)

Helium is prone to leaking too (even more mature systems leak it all the time)

Yes they have spent time on this (kinda goes against the whole “they’re rushing” argument). But that doesn’t mean they’re magically going to solve the issues of these fluids or the issues that come with a low flight rate

This isn’t because of a leak. The first WDR failed because of a leak but that was due in large part to simply moving the full vehicle which shook interfaces

Hydrogen WILL leak. You can’t NOT have it leak. It’s why they fire up ROFIs

The MAX also didn’t crash “because of cost cutting” but a stupid attempt to compete with NEO on minimal type to type training by ignoring and blatantly lying about the flight characteristics of the jet and adding a system that was way too powerful to mitigate the changes

This isn’t cutting corners. Your arguing from an assumption you can’t justify

And this is by no means a cost cut program. Each vehicle is bespoke and costs upwards of a $2.5bn per vehicle (marginal. Not accounting for dev. Just marginal)

The biggest issue here is the setback and need to investigate and fix. Not a sign the rocket is broken inherently or this one issue means it’s dangerous

You should know this

Lmao tf you yapping about? Appealing to authority doesn’t help you when they’re literally one of the most common technical issue in rocketry

So now it’s not bad because it’s Boeing but bad because it’s…NASA? So like basically you just have no faith whatsoever in anyone to do anything?