6 mo. ago • 96%

BOEING vs NASA

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Apollo 13 budget: ~ $2.8B in 2023 usd

Boeing 737 MAX total program budget (excluding older 737 models): > $180B

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- Why are you comparing the budget of one single spacecraft with an entire production run of a model of airplane? That's not a reasonable comparison.
  
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  Because Boeing should have economy of scale benefits by selling $180B worth of aircraft, while Apollo 13 was a bespoke, single-use, cutting-edge spacecraft on a much smaller budget.
  
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  Yeah its too fair to boing because they are not sending shit tp fucking space
  
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  Because this is Lemmy
  
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- https://youtu.be/URoVKPVDKPU?si=6wAXf8ckCXTPb_UY
  
  Wendover's video on Boeing - it's easy to see how costs spiral under their model, plus it's nice to see Sam - probably one of the biggest aviation geeks around - put the boot into Boeing.
  
  A good waste of 20+ mins.
  
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  put the boot into Boeing
  
  Sounds risky, might break a foot, he should've used a brick instead.
  
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- Not to mention Apollo program invented a lot of new stuff never before seen, let alone used.
  
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- That explains how Boeing could afford 22 characters while NASA had to make do with 3.
  
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What's the "No!" Button do?

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- I believe it was a stage separation, so the No! was to keep them from accidently pressing it early.
  
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  Hmmm... I wonder if this technique would help me in KSP if I put a big "NO!" over the spacebar 🤔
  
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- Don't ask, don't tell.
  
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Of note is that if this is the command module, it was built by Rockwell, parts of which eventually become Boeing. So the stickies track.

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Love the printed labels on the Apollo capsule.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoCof5AtMoI&t=33s

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That explains how Boeing could afford 22 characters while NASA had to make do with only 3.

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