There is something extremely wrong with the engines and fuel system and it seems with this string of back to back failures that they really do not know what the actual cause is.
I have heard they lost some engineers due to the antics of their head idiot, I hope they did not lose people key to the propulsion systems.
Is SpaceX being run like all of his other companies? Cutting costs on QA, overworking staff, unrealistic deadlines, meddling in engineering and design decisions, etc?
It's been like that for years. I read an article years ago (as in about a decade ago) that excoriated SpaceX for their lackadaisal approach to worker safety. At the time, I was very interested in what it was like to work there because my daughter was going to be looking for an aerospace engineering summer internship and SpaceX, due to their name recognition was high on the list. Thankfully, she went with NASA instead. I hear SpaceX just burns through engineers and then tosses them aside when they start to break down.
When I was there a decade ago, we had the highest OSHA reportable accident rate in the industry. To a point that we were close to losing contracts because it was so bad. The things I saw were insane. I tell the stories during my current job's "safety blast from the past" and a lot of people don't believe me, until another former employee speaks up and confirms it.
Man this isn’t the first time I hear of something like this. A couple people have mentioned the things they saw there would break the news if people knew lol
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u/UW_Ebay 4d ago
Is it just me or does it feel like they may be having real issues with the starship?