(January 27, 2024 at 3:01 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The Mars Ingenuity helicopter will fly no more. It made a bad landing and severely damaged a rotor blade. It’s almost as if it was built by Boeing…

Boru

It's my understanding that the craft has already exceeded its expected lifespan by a couple of dozen flights. But if it was indeed damaged in an accident, that doesn't mean it's a build issue.

(January 27, 2024 at 3:30 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:

(January 27, 2024 at 3:01 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The Mars Ingenuity helicopter will fly no more. It made a bad landing and severely damaged a rotor blade. It’s almost as if it was built by Boeing…

Boru

It's my understanding that the craft has already exceeded its expected lifespan by a couple of dozen flights. But if it was indeed damaged in an accident, that doesn't mean it's a build issue.

It’s a joke, mate - a joke on Boeing, not on NASA.

Boru

(January 27, 2024 at 4:10 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(January 27, 2024 at 3:30 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It's my understanding that the craft has already exceeded its expected lifespan by a couple of dozen flights. But if it was indeed damaged in an accident, that doesn't mean it's a build issue.

It’s a joke, mate - a joke on Boeing, not on NASA.

Boru

I figured as much, but I see Boeing getting slagged unfairly because of the door-patch and Max8 issues. Last week, a tire blew on a 20 year-old 767. The headline claimed that "Boeing plane loses a wheel" on takeoff -- when it's obviously a maintenance issue. My criticism is more against the media than your post, in that sense.

(January 27, 2024 at 4:10 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(January 27, 2024 at 3:30 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It's my understanding that the craft has already exceeded its expected lifespan by a couple of dozen flights. But if it was indeed damaged in an accident, that doesn't mean it's a build issue.

It’s a joke, mate - a joke on Boeing, not on NASA.

Boru

Had to be Howard Wolowitz at the controls.

(January 27, 2024 at 11:04 am)Deesse23 Wrote:

(January 22, 2024 at 6:17 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I find that tremendously encouraging.

Boru

Protests do continue:

Kiel: 12.000
Düsseldorf: 30.000
Osnabrück: 25.000
Aachen: 10.000
Numerous smaller protests as well, with 5.000 each
Vienna (Austria!): 35.000 (80.000 according to organizers)

Update:
Mannheim: 20.000
Marburg 16.000
Lübeck 8.000
Looks like it was 100.000 in Düsseldorf, not the 30.000 expected.

Funny how exposing the wrongdoing of others gets you in trouble.

Quote:The man who stole and leaked former President Donald Trump and thousands of other’s tax records has been sentenced to five years in prison.

CNN

(January 27, 2024 at 5:19 pm)brewer Wrote:

(January 27, 2024 at 4:10 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It’s a joke, mate - a joke on Boeing, not on NASA.

Boru

Had to be Howard Wolowitz at the controls.

But Howard Wolowitz was an extremely competent engineer. Any indication otherwise is nothing more than media hype.

Boru

(Just taking my own turn at not getting the joke.)

(January 29, 2024 at 2:13 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: Funny how exposing the wrongdoing of others gets you in trouble.

Quote:The man who stole and leaked former President Donald Trump and thousands of other’s tax records has been sentenced to five years in prison.

CNN

It only gets you in trouble if you break other laws while doing it, like this imbecile did. Theft of tax records is a crime, and Trump is entitled to the same legal recourses as anyone else.

Boru

(January 29, 2024 at 2:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(January 27, 2024 at 5:19 pm)brewer Wrote: Had to be Howard Wolowitz at the controls.

But Howard Wolowitz was an extremely competent engineer. Any indication otherwise is nothing more than media hype.

Boru

(Just taking my own turn at not getting the joke.)

Extremely?
He got a robot hand gripped tight on his junk and was rushed to the hospital

(January 29, 2024 at 3:00 pm)h4ym4n Wrote:

(January 29, 2024 at 2:28 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: But Howard Wolowitz was an extremely competent engineer. Any indication otherwise is nothing more than media hype.

Boru

(Just taking my own turn at not getting the joke.)

Extremely?
He got a robot hand gripped tight on his junk and was rushed to the hospital

But he BUILT the robot. Putting his john thomas into a mechanical hand has nothing to do with his engineering skills.

Boru