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Boeing Starliner is the first US-made crew capsule to land on the ground
engadget ^ | 12/22/2019 | Jon Fingas

Posted on 12/22/2019 4:33:43 PM PST by BenLurkin

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To: docman57

“Still waiting for modern era Boeing to impress me, so far they get a big yawn.”

That’s what you want on these recoveries: a big yawn; routine; nominal.


21 posted on 12/22/2019 6:21:52 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: docman57
"Still waiting for modern era Boeing to impress me, so far they get a big yawn. "

Being led from Chicago is questionable.

22 posted on 12/22/2019 6:26:57 PM PST by Paladin2 (uivalent amount on ammo for same.)
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To: Major Matt Mason

Spam in a can...or so it was called.


23 posted on 12/22/2019 6:31:52 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: rktman

But they did get all three parachutes.


24 posted on 12/22/2019 6:47:18 PM PST by Rio
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To: Rio

And that’s a good thang.


25 posted on 12/22/2019 8:37:18 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Rio

er there were suppose to be 4 parachutes.... : )


26 posted on 12/22/2019 8:55:31 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....)
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


27 posted on 12/22/2019 9:43:43 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Thanks fieldmarshaldj.

28 posted on 12/22/2019 9:48:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Meatspace

If you want your own Boeing, buy an acre of land, one will arrive soon.


29 posted on 12/22/2019 10:09:37 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: blueunicorn6

And make sure the capsule is somehow connected to some kids MX Off Road RC Christmas toy, and has a power windows.


30 posted on 12/22/2019 11:38:36 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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To: BenLurkin
There was a time when American spacecraft landing on the ground was commonplace.

31 posted on 12/23/2019 5:14:41 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: Bonemaker

At least they connected all the drogue to the main chutes this go!


32 posted on 12/23/2019 12:44:55 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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