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   J.P. Wing (thatjpwing@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 19:53:32 JST J.P. Wing

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   @itsjustdj The United States has been doing many of these things since the mid 1960s. With logarithms and punch tape. For the life of me I can not figure out why these modern rocket companies are trying to reinvent everything from scratch. Maybe the need to invest in COBOL or noun-verb UIs or something.

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     D.J. :transgender_flag: (itsjustdj@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 19:53:34 JST D.J. :transgender_flag:

     If I’m understanding this correctly (based on news reports), Boeing can’t figure out how to successfully launch a spacecraft without significant delays and issues, bring the astronauts home on time, while others have been doing that very thing for several years now, using the same methods. Successfully. Without incident.

     What am I missing? There must be something. What am I not understanding about this?