Recent content by Lagrange

Each newly discovered planet is exciting, of course, however, what disappoints me is that these so-called 'earth-like' planets always seem to orbit red dwarfs, notoriously unstable and dangerous, or worse. Where are all the relatively stable yellow dwarf stars like our own sun with planets in...

President of the Boeing Starliner Fan Club Jim Bridenstine said, "Hey, a lot of things went right," after Boeing's Orbital Flight Test failed. The capsule ran out of gas and 'putt-putt-putted' to a stop short of the correct altitude, reportedly due to a 'timing error'. Bridenstine was emphatic...

Nasa's Jim Bridenstine- "A lot of things went right." Uh...Jim... did the Boing-Boing capsule reach the correct orbit? No. Is it going to complete its flight to the space station? Nooo. Deliver the cargo? Nooo. Complete the Orbital Flight Test (OFT), the very purpose of which is to demonstrate...

So...Boing-Boing's Starliner fails to make 'crucial' orbit & trip to space station, and NASA's Bridenstein sings "Don't worry, be happy!" Let's recap- Boing-Boing's capsule autopilot read its sensors incorrectly, repeatedly tried to re-orient itself until it could no longer fly its mission? Uh...

I can appreciate the carefully worded comments from NASA, but can't help feeling Jim Bridenstein's "hey, we're not concerned, if the crew had been flying the capsule we might well be docking at the station" is an overly kind response considering his past animosity for Space X. Boeing's failure...