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NASA takes itself AND Boeing to the Woodshed
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:14 pm
9m video, "NASA administrator Jared Issacman talks about the investigation of the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test-1 flight that left NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stuck on the International Space Station for an extended mission."
Absolutely BLASTS the whole shenanigan... very refreshing. Hits Boeing, but hits NASA harder- discusses the disagreements, pushback, etc within the NASA camp for saving face and whatnot. He is, in his own words, "correcting the report".
Absolutely BLASTS the whole shenanigan... very refreshing. Hits Boeing, but hits NASA harder- discusses the disagreements, pushback, etc within the NASA camp for saving face and whatnot. He is, in his own words, "correcting the report".
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:16 pm to SallysHuman
Space is fake and gay.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:17 pm to Blue Jay Friend
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Space is fake and gay.
Look, birdy friend... watch the video, it's short and nothing less than wowza.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:24 pm to SallysHuman
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I’ve spoken with @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman regarding the investigation of NASA’s Boeing Starliner. I appreciate his efforts to handle the situation transparently and to prioritize the safety of NASA’s astronauts, but I am concerned by NASA’s failure to acknowledge the severity of these problems at the time they occurred.
The operational and technical issues detailed in this report must be immediately resolved to ensure we maintain redundant, safe U.S. crew transportation options to the International Space Station from our commercial partners. I appreciate Administrator Isaacman’s commitment to me that NASA will implement corrective actions and work closely with Boeing to make certain these failures are not repeated.
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:47 pm to SallysHuman
Man, that guys ears.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:50 pm to jbraua
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Man, that guys ears.
Yes they are a smidge, hmm, obvious.
Did you like what he had to say?
I'd love, love, love to see the same short, bold, transparency on other government shenanigans.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:55 pm to jbraua
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Man, that guys ears.
Yeah, he gives Ross Perot a run for his money in that regard.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:56 pm to SallysHuman
I like shenanigans
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:59 pm to Blue Jay Friend
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I like shenanigans
Dammit, birdy... I was so excited that someone might actually wanna talk about the video/texts/letter...
... I don't know if I like shenanigans, but I definitely love saying shenanigans!
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:59 pm to tonydtigr
Talk about satellites.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:01 pm to SallysHuman
Space is…hard
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:10 pm to SallysHuman
He’s a goofy looking dude but he seems competent as hell and has been to space more times than most of our actual astronauts.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:21 pm to Blue Jay Friend
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Space is fake and gay.
Well so are you and you're still here.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:27 pm to SallysHuman
Solid statement, and interesting timing considering Artemis II launch is right around the corner though. I like that he seems to want to put some energy back into NASA because I think they've been set on a slow, lackadaisical cruise control for a couple decades now.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:35 pm to HandGrenade
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I like that he seems to want to put some energy back into NASA
Yes, I agree. He seems motivated and diligent, two very admirable traits.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:36 pm to SallysHuman
Basically said DEI hires/promotions caused the problem if you read between the lines.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 9:54 pm to tiggerfan02 2021
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Basically said DEI hires/promotions caused the problem if you read between the lines.
Perhaps.. I think I read it more that political/corporate expediency rated higher than stringency and safety.
Maybe that's DEI, maybe that's aversion to Musk, maybe it's a sunk cost fallacy.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 10:20 pm to SallysHuman
NASA needs to go in one of two directions.
1) get a lot more involved with their contractors - like they were for most of their history
2) get a lot less involved with their contractors - like they are with SpaceX.
The problem here is Boeing doesn’t know what they are doing - and NASA doesn’t have the technical competence on staff to challenge Boeing.
It reminds me of Enron and Arthur Anderson, Enron was allowed by AA to do what they did because AA didn’t understand what Enron was doing… and didn’t want to appear dumb by asking too many questions. So they just assumed what AA was doing was fine.
NASA used to be the smartest guys in the room… that is no longer the case.
1) get a lot more involved with their contractors - like they were for most of their history
2) get a lot less involved with their contractors - like they are with SpaceX.
The problem here is Boeing doesn’t know what they are doing - and NASA doesn’t have the technical competence on staff to challenge Boeing.
It reminds me of Enron and Arthur Anderson, Enron was allowed by AA to do what they did because AA didn’t understand what Enron was doing… and didn’t want to appear dumb by asking too many questions. So they just assumed what AA was doing was fine.
NASA used to be the smartest guys in the room… that is no longer the case.
Posted on 2/20/26 at 10:30 pm to LSUFanHouston
I think they are leaning towards
At least that's what I got from the 9m video.
I'm not familiar with the intricacies of this- but I certainly hope that's not the case. But it could be, I suppose, with NASA mission drift.
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get a lot more involved with their contractors - like they were for most of their history
At least that's what I got from the 9m video.
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It reminds me of Enron and Arthur Anderson, Enron was allowed by AA to do what they did because AA didn’t understand what Enron was doing… and didn’t want to appear dumb by asking too many questions. So they just assumed what AA was doing was fine.
I'm not familiar with the intricacies of this- but I certainly hope that's not the case. But it could be, I suppose, with NASA mission drift.
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