Recent content by Old Space nut

Good. It was NOT taking the time to follow up issues that caused the Challenger and Columbia disasters.

The Starlink constellation is going to obsolete most internet providers so yeah, I can see why there are people jumping on this bandwagon.

That's not a bad question but the answer is: Because we need more than ONE way to space. A problem like this occurs grounding a single craft and we are left scrambling to have access. With multiple paths to space the grounding of any single craft is not nearly so large a problem. And yes, we...

That we now have a second way to the International Space Station is good, that there will soon be a third with the Boeing capsule is great but in order to preserve alternate paths to space we should also consider continuing to use the Russians as a launch option as well. The worst thing we...