I would be concerned if all he did was say “it’s our full responsibility” and then refused to give any more detail. Drilling on down to the root cause is important. That said, I do think there is a culture problem at Boeing that goes well beyond this specific failure. We’ve heard far too many individual issues — tools…

Well, you said yourself “likely”. Without the bolts being tracked, there’s no way to know for sure, which is kind of my point; if it’s not documented, we’re left with circumstantial evidence at best.

Well, these AIs have consumed a lot of pop culture as part of their education, as clearly evidenced by ChatGPT barfing out a chunk of A New Hope’s opening crawl, so it’s more likely they’re just reflecting the fact that we make a lot of movies and books involving nukes.

I hope so. But then again . . . Boeing is essentially run like McDonnell Douglas now. And let’s all take a moment to remember how their most successful widebody trijet started out: the glorious DC-10. It really was a fantastic aircraft, but there was this one problem: the aft cargo door had an issue where it could be…

*chef’s kiss*

*barfs*

That’d be a good start.  Outsourcing isn’t a great idea.  It makes accountants happy, but it doesn’t motivate good product.

It’s bad for both of them, really. But what you’re saying reminds me a bit of the very expensive mishap that delayed the launch of what would become NOAA-19 (but was at the time referred to as NOAA-N`). The launch was significantly delayed by a mishap that occurred during testing. It was on a turnover cart when a…

No kidding. It’s the sort of thing only a truly stupid (and unmotivated) person says.

That’s a really good point about the second pilot, who was clearly busy filming him.  I wonder if the FAA will try to find out who that was.

I see the fingerpointing is well under way; Boeing may be verbally taking responsibility (as well they should), but pointing at Spirit for not reinstalling the bolts. I haven’t heard a comment from Spirit yet; I imagine their legal department is working on it as we speak.

I was a little girl; I grew up with the Voyager mission, and it’s always been near and dear to me.  It’s going to be very bittersweet when the two spacecraft go silent.

V’ger must find the creator!

The Voyager team even thought to include a stylus with the record, so the aliens will be able to play it.

Now that is a lovely thought.  ;-)

I really really really really didn’t want to like this post, but it’s important to highlight it, so I did anyway.  Fund NASA!

Oh, cons will bring in pretty much anybody to fill out the guest list.  The more desperate the better, since they’re usually cheaper.

Or at least, when we thought that’s what he was. Over the past few years, I’ve started learning more about his past, and it turns out he’s pretty much always been like this. It’s just that before, he was just insulated by people who were protecting him from himself, and how he’s instead being amplified by fanboys.

“Given that Disney is famous for having the toughest legal team in Hollywood (and that’s saying something) there’s basically zero chance that her contract did not have this clause.”

Here’s the really big question, though: did he keep on doing it after being told that it was stupid? That makes a huge difference to whether or not your boss wants to keep being associated with you.