Not a good year to be boeing hardware

  • gazter@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    This satellite was owned by Intelsat, a company created by John F. Kennedy, an American; built by Boeing, a company created by an American and currently run by an American; and launched by the European Space Agency, on a rocket built by a company from France, headed by a Frenchman.

    I’m sure there’s South Africans involved somewhere along the way, but I don’t think the person you are spitting vitriol about had anything to do with this satellite.

    • teddy2021@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Oh, absolutely. Perhaps I wasn’t clear. It’s not that he specifically worked on it, thought that would be more poetic, just that it prevents any mates colony efforts.

      • gazter@aussie.zone
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        1 day ago

        I’m still not sure I understand. You’re saying because one guy is a bit of a dick, we shouldn’t put anything in space?