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minus-squareGhostPain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNot a rocket scientist so I can’t say. But I’m betting a room full of them and NASA engineers thought through all of their options based on the criteria and current tech.
minus-squarePsychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoHaving been to NASA and seen their museum and the launch pads and shit and gotten to talk to people who work there: You’d think they thought it through, but small details get missed all the time in Nassau history
minus-squareGhostPain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI mean, sure hindsight is 20/20. But Columbia would have never happened if Congress hadn’t pulled funding for the titanium heat shield they wanted.
Not a rocket scientist so I can’t say.
But I’m betting a room full of them and NASA engineers thought through all of their options based on the criteria and current tech.
Having been to NASA and seen their museum and the launch pads and shit and gotten to talk to people who work there:
You’d think they thought it through, but small details get missed all the time in Nassau history
I mean, sure hindsight is 20/20.
But Columbia would have never happened if Congress hadn’t pulled funding for the titanium heat shield they wanted.