A two week expendition has turned into 10 months. -Capitalism, baby!
I’m new to lemmy world. I’m noticing every top comment is something negative about capitalism. Either the clueless reddit communists came over or it’s just Russian trolls. It could be a stubbed toe, “CAPITALISM FOR YA!!” I picked to post here because this is 8 out of 10 posts now. It’s pretty much equivalent to “THANKS OBAMA!”
Check where they’re from lemmy.ml is literally just a bunch of fucking tankies and russian/ccp apologist. They’re idiots who blame everything on capitalism and think communism has never been tried and that everything would be great under communism, so long as they were running the show. It’s pretty much just people with no life experience shouting off these things.
This is just an interesting artifact of internet communities at work. They are stuck there because Boeing’s design was unsafe, Boeing has been suffering from engineering culture decline due to MBAs seeking to maximize profit. Maximizing profit is the end state of late stage capitalism. Thus this is Capitalism’s fault.
People are frustrated thus they amplify these posts and ideas. You can notice the effects everywhere once you start looking. However it leads to a boring discussion. I can already see doomer questions flooding Ask Lemmy. While I may agree, it can’t all be based on that.
What does the privatization of space flight, and it’s subsequent technical failures resulting in a 2-week expedition turning into a 10-month expedition have to do with capitalism? Is that a serious question?
- So a non-capitalist space program would have no technical issues ever? Sounds about as sound as most communist propaganda logic.
- If you actually read the article, they are staying there to continue the science until replacement crew arrives. The capsule is ready and they are able to return any time. There wasn’t another technical failure.
It feels like we’re just watching them slowly die up there. Maybe one of the billionaires is trying to discredit public space programs for good and their deaths are intended to be that final bell.
Edit: Thanks for the down votes guys! I guess my concerns are unfounded.
The ISS still gets regular deliveries and even some replacement astronauts from SpaceX but the Boeing and SpaceX suits aren’t inter-compatible so they can’t hitch a ride back afaik.
When your government is so afraid of socialism that they won’t even mandate that the two companies they contract out share some compatibility for the sake of convenience.
“Should we tell them that part of the deal is that they have to both work with the others technology?”
“What are you, Lenin?”
the Boeing and SpaceX suits aren’t inter-compatible so they can’t hitch a ride back
They are indeed hitching a ride back. The SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon launched with two empty seats for this reason. Two extra Dragon IVA suits were sent up as well.
Ah there we go. I think there was some issue with why SpaceX couldn’t sent suits up earlier too right? Because that does indeed sound like IVA suits weren’t compatible
They’re astronauts, they’re loving this, they’ve said so in Interviews and it’s pretty obvious they’ve not just been told to say that. That’s not to mention that Starliner is a private spacecraft (just as much as Dragon is) and that’s the only thing being discredited here.
I love a gym or a sauna but I’m not gonna love it after 20x my normal planned time has passed and I can’t leave.
Also: we’ve got NO idea what they REALLY think or feel privately, of COURSE they’d be forced to pretend it’s what they want in a public interview (I mean, cmon.)
I know people have spent longer on the ISS but at some point, I’d come back in a Home Depot bucket wearing a spacesuit with some scuba gear.
And for those who want to argue about the heat shielding on a Home Depot bucket, I’d be responsible about it. I’d glue all kinds of shit to it. Steal a parachute from the Roscosmos side. I’d be fine.
“You’d land in the Indian Ocean."
This isn’t rocket science. It’s the opposite. I’ll land where I want. I’d aim for your mom’s house and land in her bedroom. Injuries would include a crushed pelvis and not from the fall. That’s just what happens when I visit your mom.
What if this whole thing was a ruse and they’re keeping them up there because they know they’re dangerous aliens wearing human skin?
But if they realise that we know this they’ll send a signal to their mother ship and kill us all.
So we’re holding them up there while we come up with a plan…
Holy shit; planned to spend 10 days, stuck there for almost a year… (if they finally manage this schedule)
