C.Waiting for re-entry on the Artemis II mission, A.K.A. "Apollo 13, minus the explosion".
🤞
Can't say I'm filled with confidence from the numerous communications from Mission Control along the lines of "... about those warnings you just got, we *think* they're just due to the thresholds being too conservative, so we're going to silence those warnings from here on in".
It's like turning off the parts of your test suite that fail in the validation pipeline.
So they splashed down, and it's been a comedy since then.
NASA, 1960s: We landed a crew on the moon and brought them back to Earth with a computer less powerful than the one in a disposable musical birthday card.
NASA, 2020s: You can't reach us on the satphone? Okay, you hang up and we'll try calling you.
#NASA #Integrity #SplashDown #tech #technology #farce #comedy #TechSupport
Also:
Capsule: We can hear the recovery boat team on the radio, but they apparently can't hear us.
CapCom: Just to confirm, you are pushing PTT on the radio? (the "push-to-talk" button)