From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp66.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (smtp66.iad3a.emailsrvr.com [173.203.187.66]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 33F423B29E for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:22:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from app41.wa-webapps.iad3a (relay-webapps.rsapps.net [172.27.255.140]) by smtp17.relay.iad3a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 7448223DAD for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:22:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from deepplum.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by app41.wa-webapps.iad3a (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C40B41CBC; Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:22:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: by apps.rackspace.com (Authenticated sender: dpreed@deepplum.com, from: dpreed@deepplum.com) with HTTP; Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:22:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Auth-ID: dpreed@deepplum.com Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:22:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "David P. Reed" To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_20230428182251000000_73719" Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Type: html In-Reply-To: References: X-Client-IP: 209.6.168.128 Message-ID: <1682720571.374229182@apps.rackspace.com> X-Mailer: webmail/19.0.23-RC X-Classification-ID: f104e709-bf28-4172-9264-aa44675bac90-1-1 Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink Digest, Vol 25, Issue 58 X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 22:22:52 -0000 ------=_20230428182251000000_73719 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =0A<>=0A =0AI guess SpaceX would never have hired Roger Boisjoly= .=0A =0ATo be honest, and maybe I'm just a cranky engineer, I think SpaceX = should never be trusted ever again with anything to do with public safety a= fter this tweet.=0A =0AAnd perhaps sued for extreme negligence. After all, = Musk announced *before the launch* that they expected serious problems.=0A = =0AIt would be really interesting to follow the resulting trial, reviewing = all the decisions made, and holding the entire management chain from bottom= to top to account.=0A =0AInstead, we get treated to public performances li= ke some science fiction cowboy - "oops!"=0A =0A8 engines failed in seconds?= Did they actually testfire anything?=0A ------=_20230428182251000000_73719 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<<After the launch attempt, SpaceX CEO took to his T= witter site to explain that they hadn=E2=80=99t quite finished the launch p= ad. =E2=80=9C3 months ago, we started building a massive water-cooled, stee= l plate to go under the launch mount. Wasn=E2=80=99t ready in time & we= wrongly thought, based on static fire data, that Fondag would make it thro= ugh 1 launch,=E2=80=9D he tweeted. =E2=80=9CLooks like we can be ready to l= aunch again in 1 to 2 months.=E2=80=9D>>

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I guess SpaceX would never have hir= ed Roger Boisjoly.

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To be honest, and maybe I'm just a cranky engineer, I think SpaceX sho= uld never be trusted ever again with anything to do with public safety afte= r this tweet.

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= And perhaps sued for extreme negligence. After all, Musk announced *before = the launch* that they expected serious problems.

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It would be really interesting to follow= the resulting trial, reviewing all the decisions made, and holding the ent= ire management chain from bottom to top to account.

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Instead, we get treated to public per= formances like some science fiction cowboy - "oops!"

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8 engines failed in seconds? Did the= y actually testfire anything?

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