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A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Cocodapuf 4 points 4 months ago

Is it really any surprise that SpaceX and Boeing are blowing up on the launchpads and having quality control issues when their sole objective is to make money?

I mean, spaceX has a fantastic track record. In their entire history, they only once failed to deliver a payload to orbit, and that was like just a month ago that they had their first failure after well over 300 successful launches. That's record setting reliability in orbital rockets.

They blow up a lot of rockets in testing and development, but that's kind of just how rocket development goes. It's the same for NASA, Russia, and everyone else who designs rockets. You blow some up during development.

I'm just saying, I'm not sure you can lump SpaceX and Boeing together, they're very different companies with very different track records.