As he notes, it’s very unlikely that both spacecraft suffered from MMOD. It looks like QC issue.
Category Archives: Space
Stoke
The Static Fire
An Angry Astronaut
Does NASA still have safety problems?
Yes, but as I wrote in my book, many of them are in fact a result of risk aversion.
Starship
Can it really launch three times a day?
We’re going to have to completely rethink “ranges.”
Live Long And Prosper
…if they will let you.
What Future For The SLS?
A good op-ed from Donald Robertson. He’s saying things that have been obvious for years, but that too many people pretend aren’t the case.
Virgin Orbit
…might be on its last legs.
NASA’s Safety Culture
Twenty years after Columbia, is it fixed?
LEO Satellites
How low can they go?
The good thing about those altitudes is that unless there is active maintenance, their orbits won’t be long lived.