9 comments

  • mickdarling 19 hours ago ago

    Ironic as it might be, the Secretary of Transportation is not a reliable source when it comes to accuracy of information about U.S. transportation.

    • netsharc 19 hours ago ago

      He was boss of NASA.. you'd have to be pretty smart to lead a bunch of rocket scientists!

      /S

      • DiabloD3 11 hours ago ago

        I don't know why you're getting downvoted.

        The management team lead by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe in 2003 lead to the deaths of 7 astronauts. He was not capable of doing the job, and ignored most of the actual "rocket scientists" at NASA. He was told, point blank, that this would happen, and still ignored it.

        This lead to the creation of an engineering board that can circuit break any decisions if they believe it will lead to loss of life, and then eventually, the end of the shuttle program entirely. Non-engineers cannot be trusted to lead NASA nor, by extension, any department of the government that is largely technical.

        • gljiva 5 hours ago ago

          > He was told, point blank, that this would happen, and still ignored it.

          This is not in line with the available info about engineers/lower management not escalating the concern to the top. What is your source?

  • Refreeze5224 19 hours ago ago

    > "We see zero evidence of anything nefarious, and zero evidence of anything AI related."

    Because both look bad for us, and we would not tell you about it even if it was those things, to protect our incompetence and our donor's IPOs.

  • sharts 16 hours ago ago

    we’re to believe it was basically a cable that the comcast guy didn’t terminate correctly cuz he was high and not paid enough to care and it was his first time?

    This is what national security hinges on? Or it was something else.

  • bluesounddirect 13 hours ago ago

    to be fair, it sounds like the copper , analog, old , outdated talk was cover for " we fucked up , have no idea what we were thinking, and broke shit..."

    • tryauuum 4 hours ago ago

      "analog" sounds suspicious as ever, was there non digital signal transferred somewhere?..

  • torlok 18 hours ago ago

    Was fun to watch Trump administration point fingers at their own congress.