• @GhostPain@lemmy.world
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    218 days ago

    Not a rocket scientist so I can’t say.

    But I’m betting a room full of them and NASA engineers thought through all of their options based on the criteria and current tech.

    • @gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      118 days ago

      Having been to NASA and seen their museum and the launch pads and shit and gotten to talk to people who work there:

      You’d think they thought it through, but small details get missed all the time in Nassau history

      • @GhostPain@lemmy.world
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        118 days ago

        I mean, sure hindsight is 20/20.

        But Columbia would have never happened if Congress hadn’t pulled funding for the titanium heat shield they wanted.