SpaceX today

Looks like one engine out was intentional but they can't seem to keep the other two lit when it does the horizontal-vertical dipsy doodle.

Real close ! Almost !

I expect they'll get it to work somewhat reliably after enough crashes but I think convincing someone to ride in it might be another thing? Two engines go out doing that stunt and it bricks right into the ground and at that altitude there's not even enough time for the crew to blow a hatch and fling themselves out the door on a 'chute.

Though to be fair the Space Shuttle didn't have any good abort modes that could save the crew even in theory until SRB separation, either.

I wonder how many engineers Musk purges after each one of these failures or do they just have to spend some time in the engineer-gulag.

No, they will just have to go on the next manned flight.

Bill Sloman wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

He is an abject idiot.

America and private enterprise has been using Russian boost vehicles since the ending of the Space Shuttle Program. At a far cheaper cost than if we had made a new booster here.

The only place to get up to space, especially with heavy payloads, was Kazakhstan.

So Bitrex ain't too bright on some fronts.

I was there (read in the industry) and saw the launch of several satellites and I DO KNOW the reason Russia was utilized.

It cost far less, and the FACT that private enterprise is now in use proves it.

Bill Sloman wrote in news:90ab64bf-477b-473f- snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

He sure as f*ck is nothing like the Capra character.

Much more like a D.B Norton wannabe, like Trump was.

I call him Blither Boy now, because that is all the stupid f*ck does.