I mean, they were both for completely different purposes with mission profiles that aren't even slightly comparable. I think they were both successes in their own ways.

[–] DreamAccountant 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're right, they are successful in different ways. Starship was successful in a 2024 type of way, while Boeing was successful in a late 60's/1970's sort of way.

[–] atocci 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm just saying they both did what they set out to do. They both clearly have their own issues to deal with still, but it was a good day!

[–] SkyezOpen 4 points 5 months ago

"We cut corners and nothing bad happened yet, so let's carry on" is how a bunch of planes crashed, so let's not give Boeing a full pass here.

[–] NOT_RICK 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Normally I wouldn’t compare them because you’re right, they’re very different in terms of mission, but they just happened to launch within a day of one another. Starliner still seems like an expensive POS when compared to falcon and dragon.

[–] atocci 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Totally agreed, Starliner has had an expensive disaster of a project timeline. But, it finally brought astronauts to the ISS, today's mission was a success! Likewise, Starship made it through reentry mostly intact this time! It's an exciting day for spaceflight!

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 5 points 5 months ago

Let's remember that the first falcon launch didn't get to the desired orbit because of a fuel leak. The first starship launch had a giant number of problems.