Angry Astronauts Write Letter

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:42:49 -0800, Pat Flannery
wrote:


What did Lockheed-Martin build in the lines of manned spacecraft?

I didn't say *manned* spacecraft. Lockheed's been building spacecraft
for decades, including some that failed (which is where most lessons
are learned.) SpaceX is almost completely inexperienced.

Yeah, but manned is a whole other ball of wax, if for no other reason
than the TPS and recovery systems.

Manned is a whole 'nother layer of complication on top of spacecraft
systems, agreed. But if Lockheed still has a lot to learn (as you
imply), then SpaceX has a huge climb ahead of *them*.

Brian