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Paul Niklas Holsti skrev 2016-04-09:
"On 16-04-09 17:35 , Anh Vo wrote:

On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 11:36:54 PM UTC-7, Georg Bauhaus wrote:

On 09/04/16 05:10, Anh Vo wrote:

On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 2:18:32 PM UTC-7, Paul Rubin wrote:

"Alejandro R. Mosteo" <alejandro@mosteo.com> writes:

Any idea if there's any Ada in there, or what they use in general=

?

=20
They use C++ :(

=20
It is only 25% successful rate (one out of four) is not very successf=

ul.

=20
Normal engineering cannot pretend to design everything correctly
right from the beginning. So, expect some debugging runs. ;-)

=20
Design it landed horizontally, using rocket of course, may increase
success rate since it is not vulnerable to winds and waves.

As I understand it, only one Falcon-9 landing attempt failed because of sto= rmy
conditions, and that attempt was in fact cancelled (it was deliberately "la= nded"
on the sea instead of on the drone ship). The other failures had other reas= ons,
I believe, and I've not seen SW problems mentioned as reasons.

(I'm very happy that SpaceX succeeded here. Not only do they deserve it, af= ter
such persistence, but I think it is a very important step that will force a=
ll
launcher suppliers to aim towards reusable launchers, leading to huge launch-cost reductions.)"



The European Space Agency uses SpaceX.

ESA spent circa the same amount of money on a SINGLE INSTRUMENT as Sweden=
=20
spent on an ENTIRE SATELLITE with a similar instrument made by Omnisys.

ESA uses Serco. Politician Andy Slaughter said during a live interview on=
=20
Channel-4 News two nights ago that Serco chose to pay a 68-million-pound=20 fine to avoid criminal prosecution over underperformance. Cf. "Press=20
release
Taxpayer compensated for overcharging as cross-government contracts review=
=20
concludes
Serco will repay =C2=A368.5 million for charging errors as government welco= mes=20
progress on a corporate renewal plan.

From:
Cabinet Office, Ministry of Justice, Efficiency and Reform Group and Crown=
=20
Commercial Service
Published
19 December 2013

[. . .]

The Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed a settlement with=20
Serco to recompense the taxpayer =C2=A368.5 million [. . .]

[. . .]

[. . .] The company=E2=80=99s conduct under these contracts is now subject =
to a=20
criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.

On 28 August the Justice Secretary announced that Serco=E2=80=99s contract = for=20
escorting prisoners to courts (the =E2=80=9CPECS=E2=80=9D contract) had bee=
n referred to=20
the City of London Police. This followed the discovery that members of=20
Serco staff had been recording prisoners as having been delivered ready=20
for court when in fact they were not. [. . .]"

Serco demanded ESA employees to sign false confirmations when ESA used to=
=20
employ me.

ESA bribes countries so they refuse to investigate against ESA. So sans=20
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(I'm very happy that SpaceX succeeded here. Not only do they deserve it, after >such persistence, but I think it is a very important step that will force all >launcher suppliers to aim towards reusable launchers, leading to huge >launch-cost reductions.)"

I wouldn't trust anything that Elon is involved with. I believe SpaceX won
atleast one contract against Blue Origin during an interim senators term
who met with him when their application was awarded outstanding despite not
meeting the level to qualify at all. The NASA director said he would hold
SpaceX to deliver before releasing any further funds during Bidens term but
he has been removed. Has any re-usability beyond what the space shuttle
achieved actually been demonstrated?
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2025, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
"[. . .]
[. . .] I believe [. . .] won
atleast one contract against [. . .] during an interim senators term
who met with him when their application was awarded outstanding despite not meeting the level to qualify at all. [. . .]
[. . .]"

Cf. a statement which I wrote on LinkedIn on 26/05/2024:
"[. . .]

Let us remember that Nigel Head said =E2=80=9CThey fucked up.=E2=80=9D Let =
us remember=20
that a lecturer in Sweden criticises you because you waste a hell of a=20
lot of taxes.

Let us not forget that ESA spent circa the same amount of money on a=20
SINGLE INSTRUMENT as Sweden spent on an ENTIRE SATELLITE with a similar=20 instrument made by Omnisys. Let us also remember the Omnisys lecture where=
=20
Omnisys mocked you by alleging that UK; German; and French firms made=20 tenders and ESA=E2=80=99s georeturn policy let the only tender which failed=
the=20
mass budget (by 5 kg!) win. =E2=80=9COf course the=E2=80=9D lucky country w= on, said this=20
lecturer.

[. . .]"

P.S. A URL for the press release about Serco that I quoted is HTTPS://WWW.Gov.UK/government/news/taxpayer-compensated-for-overcharging-as= -cross-government-contracts-review-concludes --708268602-865436248-1749661945=:3168705--
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