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slashgrin t1_j7r3op9 wrote
Reply to comment by bonesorclams in SpaceX president/COO Gwynne Shotwell says they're attempting Starship's 33-engine static fire test tomorrow, Feb 9. by spsheridan
IIRC, Shotwell now oversees Starship R&D in addition to the rest of the business. So maybe (speculation incoming) this is her emphasising that Starship is "real" now — i.e. something people should start building payloads for, etc.
slashgrin t1_iub7y2q wrote
Reply to comment by matthisonfire in Scientific Integrity Requires Publishing Rebuttals and Retracting Problematic Papers. by lonnib
They control a lot of science publishing, while adding little or even negative value compared to everyone just dumping their papers online.
I think they get called out not because they're worse on a per-paper basis, but more because they're so damn pervasive.
slashgrin t1_j7s2ff2 wrote
Reply to comment by OldManProgrammer in SpaceX president/COO Gwynne Shotwell says they're attempting Starship's 33-engine static fire test tomorrow, Feb 9. by spsheridan
Funny, I get more alarmed by light aircraft. It's like... I can see from the outside that it's just a bunch of sheet metal stuck together with rivets. It's not even particularly neat, either — there are gaps and uneven overlaps and stuff. And we're going to get into that thing and fly it up into the sky? Ummm... okay, I guess! 😬