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   Snidely to All   
   Re: Time to market ?   
   09 Aug 21 20:51:16   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, Snidely yelped out that:   
   > Thus spake JF Mezei:   
   >   
   >> SpaceX delivered Dragon 1 quickly. Dragon2 had some delays, but nothing   
   >> very dramatic, and they even had time to do cosmetic stuff like   
   >> futuristic interior and fashionable launch/entry suits.   
   >>   
   >> Meanwhile, Boeing Starliner and SLS are taking years to get their act   
   >> together.   
   >   
   > Doing the suits was a whole different line on the GANTT charts, running in   
   > parallel.   
   >   
   > Even Elon notes that developing Dragon and developing Starship are very   
   > different ... with people on board from the beginning, you can't be blowing   
   > things up.  Also, Dragon is smaller than CST100, with about half the crew,   
   > which obviously means that the propulsion system has to be bigger.   
      
   Now that's an example of clear writing.  /Starliner's/ propulsion   
   system has to be bigger.   
      
   > Where Boeing most obviously screwed things up was in software quality   
   > control, which is part of what bit them with the 737Max.   
   >   
   > /dps   
      
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