They already couldn’t afford this situation, and look where they are.
What’s an improbable “acceptable risk” to them may not be good enough for NASA, especially if they don’t really understand what’s wrong.
Comment on NASA is about to make its most important safety decision in nearly a generation
HejMedDig@feddit.dk 4 months ago
In this particular situation, if Boeing says it’s safe, I would be inclined to trust them, because if they make the return happen, and it fails, Boeing is done fore. As a crew member though, I would pass for sure and wait for a Dragon
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 months ago
HejMedDig@feddit.dk 4 months ago
True. Didn’t think of it that way
jaxxed@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I am not sure that businesses like Boeing make risk decisions like that. You would think that they would only take a risk that they know they can win, but many times they take a risk and hope that the dice land their way. This would be lives at risk, with calculations assessed by people with very poor records with such assessments.
riodoro1@lemmy.world 4 months ago
How many people died because boeing made shitty planes and didn’t train their crew properly?
Is boeing done for?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They get one last chance! If they kill these astronauts this time, we’ll be really, really mad this time like for real!
cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 4 months ago
Don’t worry, we have enough tax payer’s money to bail them out if anything goes wrong.
/s
HejMedDig@feddit.dk 4 months ago
I think messing up on NASA projects will hurt a company way more. Of course aviation is supposed to be safe, but even the 737 Max has flown thousands of hours. Comparing how many people that have flown on them, versus how many that have been hurt/killed, is still a small number, which is still is supposed to be zero of course.
Traversing space, a pinnacle of engineering, is quite another level of danger, and if you insist on your product being functional and safe, and then kills two astronauts, would cause a whole different level of backlash
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
How many deaths per 1000h does the max have?
HejMedDig@feddit.dk 4 months ago
347 apparently, across 7 years of operation
m.economictimes.com/news/…/111566888.cms