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0 pointswongarsu2y ago0 comments

Then what about Starliner? Here's a video of the landing from OFT-2 [1] two years ago, on the way back from the ISS. It was in orbit and landed on land in New Mexico. And while they are doing this as part of a NASA contract, the spacecraft and mission control were both from Boeing. I don't see how they don't qualify

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPFS8Bp643o

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pfdietz2y ago· 1 in thread

Done under government contract. This was the first time a purely commercial effort did it on their own dime.

enderfusion2y ago

Went from founding to shipped flight hardware in 2 years with 45 people. I think the key was the really good coffee machines.

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