NASA investigation finds Boeing hindering Americans' return to moon
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Re: NASA investigation finds Boeing hindering Americans' return to moon
#2Anyone found the actual Office of the Inspector General report yet? It ought ot be here [1] or here [2], but it's not.
Re: NASA investigation finds Boeing hindering Americans' return to moon
#3Headline makes it sound like it's intentional, like Boeing knows the moon's haunted and wants to prevent people from going.
Turns out they're just a giant company suckling on the teat of mommy government and have developed severe structural dysfunction that prevents them from effectively executing their plans.
Re: NASA investigation finds Boeing hindering Americans' return to moon
#4Headline makes it sound like it's intentional, like Boeing knows the moon's haunted and wants to prevent people from going. Turns out they're just a giant company suckling on the teat of mommy government and have developed severe structural dysfunction that prevents them from effectively executing their plans.
"Moss on my teeth is hindering my getting a date" reads the same. I think different people will get different interpretations.
Re: NASA investigation finds Boeing hindering Americans' return to moon
#5Anyone found the actual Office of the Inspector General report yet? It ought ot be here [1] or here [2], but it's not. [1] https://oigforms.nasa.gov/audits/auditReports.html [2] https://oig.nasa.gov/investigation-reports/
I found it here: https://oig.nasa.gov/office-of-inspector-general-oig/nasas-m...
Re: NASA investigation finds Boeing hindering Americans' return to moon
#6Headline makes it sound like it's intentional, like Boeing knows the moon's haunted and wants to prevent people from going. Turns out they're just a giant company suckling on the teat of mommy government and have developed severe structural dysfunction that prevents them from effectively executing their plans.
"Moss on my teeth is hindering my getting a date" reads the same. I think different people will get different interpretations.
“NASA considering sending FlossX to extract moss from teeth”
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#7A nice video commentary on this by Philip Sloss: https://youtu.be/XDsxdrIL_Cs
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#8I don't know which is a better illustration of America's decline during my baby boomer lifetime - California High Speed Rail vs The Interstate Highway System or Artemis vs Apollo.
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#9Just give the whole contract to SpaceX already
Re: NASA investigation finds Boeing hindering Americans' return to moon
#10> During a visit to Michoud in 2023, for example, inspectors discovered that welding on a component of the SLS Core Stage 3 did not meet NASA standards. Per the report, unsatisfactory welding performed on a set of fuel tanks led directly to a seven-month delay in EUS completion.
> “According to NASA officials, the welding issues arose due to Boeing’s inexperienced technicians and inadequate work order planning and supervision,” the OIG says. [...]
Welders are highly qualified and well-paid craftsmen. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’d been hit particularly hard by management that doesn’t value tenured, expensive employees.