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When this thing flies back to earth autonomously i hope it either goes perfectly or totally disintegrates, because right now it’s in the weird gray area of “is it an unsafe vehicle or are the issues just normal kinks to work out”

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17 points

Schrödinger’s spacecraft.

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i hope it either goes perfectly or totally disintegrates,

I debate stuff like this with the work crew a lot. The consensus is ‘accidentally’ burning up is the safest thing for everyone. I’ll be absolutely amazed if they even attempt a landing, as that means they’ve gone against all good advice, political and actual.

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From a speaker! That changes the concern considerably. Clickbait.

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Yeeessss… I mean, no other speakers on the station are emitting “strange noises,” and, frankly, I’d be concerned about any more faults in a craft that’s got an already pretty long list.

So, sure: having a radio malfunction, by itself, is pretty low on the shit-your-pants broken equipment list, but at some point the sheer volume of malfunctions is concerning.

I’m glad the team is able to hitch a ride back on a more reliable craft, and I’ll bet they are, too.

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Boeing

Either it’s trying to whistleblow, or all the metal shavings and dish soap in its system are finally getting to it

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They probably made a mistake in recalibrating the discombobulator.

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13 points

It just needs a simple recombobulation

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Just reverse the polarity of the Utwig field. Made sure the Hemnes particles are less than 0.4i/K and it’s good to go.

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It’s begging to be put out of its misery.

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