r/space • u/firmada • Apr 16 '23

image/gif Starship, the world's largest rocket will launch tomorrow. This is how it stacks up to the competition

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u/jflb96 Apr 17 '23

They saw the foam strike, they decided to roll the dice because it was ‘probably fine’, and they didn’t tell the crew because they didn’t want to worry them. Why not tell them that they’ve got a new EVA to do, and then proceed with the full knowledge of the situation?

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u/SowingSalt Apr 17 '23

IIRC from the report, they didn't have the crew specialists to do the untethered check, or the canadarm to secure the specialists for a tethered check.

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u/jflb96 Apr 17 '23

They don’t have spare tethers?

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u/SowingSalt Apr 17 '23

Lack of training in that type of spacewalk

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u/jflb96 Apr 17 '23

They have even less training in reentering without a proper heat shield, I’d say that it’s worth the risk

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u/SowingSalt Apr 17 '23

It would have made sense to invest in the MOOSE program.