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Astrobotic's Peregrine lander suffers propulsion issue, making moon landing unlikely (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You mean farming out scientific discovery to the lowest bidder doesn't yield the best results?

[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Farming out to the lowest bidder works well when the guidelines are strict and the client (gvmnt) does good QA.

Lots of stuff was farmed out in the apollo mission and it was still ok. Strict QA was noted as a very important factor in why that mission was a success.

You can read the case study by NASA about this, and you'll see that they have 1 article just about QA and how they did testing, and another one about testing and deadlines

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Were they the lowest bidder? The article doesn't mention anything about that.

Also, going with the lowest bidder gave us spacex, which turned out pretty well. Fuck Boeing

[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Indeed, this is the way. Fuccckk thaaatt Boeiiiinggg ::::meditation mantra::::::