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   Snidely to All   
   Re: Time to market ?   
   15 Aug 21 13:36:16   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   JF Mezei noted that:   
   > SpaceX was barely done bolting its launch tower together  when it   
   > stacked its mega rocket on a launch platform still hot from the welding   
   > a couple days ago.  Cowboy, perhaps.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   "On 20 April 2019, the Crew Dragon capsule used in the Demo-1 mission   
   was destroyed in an explosion during static fire testing at the Landing   
   Zone 1 facility.[70][71] "   
      
   (Wikipedia, of course, which notes that this delayed the in-flight   
   abort test and first crewed launch.)   
      
   These may also have been a valve issue, although as Chris Gebhardt at   
   NSF says, "I'd rather have Starliner's valve problem".   
      
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