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sdfernando

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2. Seems more likely a software glitch cause the craft to burn too much fuel

Reply to RainCaster (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 20, 2019, 12:25 PM

Dec 2019

If everything worked correctly this wouldn't have happened and the craft would have had enough fuel....this isn't like a airplane where the pilot can have quite a bit of extra fuel loaded. These are quite precise calculations with very little margin for emergencies.

Flying into space is still an immensely dangerous act. It as never, and likely will never be like flying on plane between cities.

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Boeing ran out of fuel? RainCaster Dec 2019 #1

Seems more likely a software glitch cause the craft to burn too much fuel sdfernando Dec 2019 #2

There is nothing about space travel that I simple. nt redqueen Dec 2019 #3

It might have burned more fuel trying to maintain its orientation krispos42 Dec 2019 #4

Something went wrong with clocks timing the mission, and manual override didn't work muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #5