Recent content by chardgrove

I hope you remember your perspective on this the next time you work on a project for 5-7 years and it isn’t 100% successful. No one is arguing that NEAScout was 100% successful, but to ignore the work of hundreds of engineers and scientists across multiple missions and declare the entire...

I’m not comparing Artemis-1 launch or development with SpaceX launch or development at all. They’re not comparable. I’m comparing the fact that SpaceX publicly failed many times and yet no one accuses them of failing, while the Artemis cubesats are not given the same benefit of the doubt. It...

You’re incorrect. Cubesats were developed at universities to engage and teach engineeeing students. Some of the cubes on Artemis-1 were developed at universities and their success criteria included student engagement, developing the satellite, testing it successfully and delivering it to SLS...

That’s quite the myopic view of technological progress. Is SpaceX a failed company because they had a few early launch failures? Did they achieve nothing from all their work getting to those “failed” launches? IMO the answer is no, and for the very modest expense these small satellites incurred...