Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agoThe first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitelyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkThe first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitelyarstechnica.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 months agoNorth American Aviation (NAA) made a better command module out of 1960s technology than what Boeing could ever dream of. Sadly NAA (later Rockwell) was bought out by Boeing. They’re like the Microsoft of aerospace. Buy out competition and then kill what they just aquired.
minus-squarebecausechemistry@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoI understand the sentiment, and I’m definitely not a Boeing apologist. But the first version of the Apollo command module killed three astronauts. They had growing pains, too.
North American Aviation (NAA) made a better command module out of 1960s technology than what Boeing could ever dream of.
Sadly NAA (later Rockwell) was bought out by Boeing.
They’re like the Microsoft of aerospace. Buy out competition and then kill what they just aquired.
I understand the sentiment, and I’m definitely not a Boeing apologist. But the first version of the Apollo command module killed three astronauts. They had growing pains, too.