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A comment on Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamental problem,” NASA says. Parent comment

Re:Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamental probl... by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @11:07AM (#22299501)
Engineering companies have capital expenses that eclipse what a software shop has to deal with. The rock stars can't demand such a large chunk of revenue.
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Re:Boeing Starliner's flight's flaws show “fundamental probl... by rbanffy on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:34PM (#22301152)
Rock stars are neither scalable nor repeatable. Engineering is about repeatability and predictability. Aerospace is that, squared.

I don't want a rock star anywhere near the software that operates a complex machine where a malfunction can kill people.

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