threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to SpaceflightMemes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 20 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 · 20 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
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-up1·17 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.
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.