threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to SpaceflightMemes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 days agoTwo trailers in a week... they do know Starship is an option now, right?sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up174file-text
arrow-up174external-linkTwo trailers in a week... they do know Starship is an option now, right?sh.itjust.worksthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to SpaceflightMemes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareverity_kindle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoMakes me sad, I associate Shuttles with museums and really bad accidents. Early 80s babies, stand up and be recognized.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoAre you challenging me to remember?
minus-squareNihilsineNefas@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoIt also inspired one of the greatest pieces of music ever made “Challenger part 1: Flight” by We Lost The Sea with a 76 second crescendo
minus-squareverity_kindle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 days agoI will absolutely listen to that, thank you! Culture.
minus-squareborkborkbork@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoone in the early days, one at the end. considering how many flights were made - 135!! - it’s doing pretty good considering the inherent risks involved.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days ago considering how many flights were made - 135 it’s doing pretty good considering I’m not sure if I would necessarily classify a 1.5% failure rate on a crewed vehicle as “pretty good”…
minus-squareborkborkbork@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoshow me another reusable orbiter that gets to 135 flights with only two failures and then we can talk. crew dragon ain’t anywhere near there. same with starship. imho, you have outsized expectations, especially considering it’s 1970s designed 1980 tech.
Makes me sad, I associate Shuttles with museums and really bad accidents. Early 80s babies, stand up and be recognized.
Are you challenging me to remember?
It also inspired one of the greatest pieces of music ever made “Challenger part 1: Flight” by We Lost The Sea with a 76 second crescendo
I will absolutely listen to that, thank you! Culture.
one in the early days, one at the end. considering how many flights were made - 135!! - it’s doing pretty good considering the inherent risks involved.
I’m not sure if I would necessarily classify a 1.5% failure rate on a crewed vehicle as “pretty good”…
show me another reusable orbiter that gets to 135 flights with only two failures and then we can talk.
crew dragon ain’t anywhere near there. same with starship.
imho, you have outsized expectations, especially considering it’s 1970s designed 1980 tech.