Re: Porting VMS versus building a new spacecraft

On 6/10/2024 5:46 PM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:

On Mon, 2024-06-10 at 16:02 -0400, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

It occurred to me yesterday that Elon Musk has been able to build
and successfully fly (mostly) a new rocket and spacecraft in less
time than it has taken to port VMS to x86-64. :-)

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The "move fast and break things" technical strategy employed at
SpaceX tends to be decidedly unpopular around here.  🚀💥 Once past
its initial development, Falcon has been a very solid platform. How
that works for Starship?

 Not so well for Boeing. Numerous issues with their StarLiner despite
being paid billions, whilst SpaceX got the job done for far less.
Perhaps there's something to be said for that development model, as
long as there's a strong focus on safety.

I got the impression that Boeing does not have a problem with
StarLiner but that Boing simply has a problem.
737, 787, StarLiner, T-7, KC-46, Air Force One.
Arne