https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/15/vega_missing_fuel_tanks/
Latest news is that the rocket fuel tanks disappeared in Rome from a warehouse and ended up on landfill.
The best they can guess is that in splitting off a second company requiring moving equipment, they lost track of it because it was missing from the inventory. Foul play is not suspected. Just gross incompetence.
>It’s all a bit embarrassing
Talk about understatement.
mollwollfumble said:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/15/vega_missing_fuel_tanks/Latest news is that the rocket fuel tanks disappeared in Rome from a warehouse and ended up on landfill.
The best they can guess is that in splitting off a second company requiring moving equipment, they lost track of it because it was missing from the inventory. Foul play is not suspected. Just gross incompetence.
I know it’s the European Space Agency, but, surely, there would have been some way to ensure that the Italians weren’t put in a position of responsibility for anything important/expensive?
captain_spalding said:
mollwollfumble said:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/15/vega_missing_fuel_tanks/Latest news is that the rocket fuel tanks disappeared in Rome from a warehouse and ended up on landfill.
The best they can guess is that in splitting off a second company requiring moving equipment, they lost track of it because it was missing from the inventory. Foul play is not suspected. Just gross incompetence.
I know it’s the European Space Agency, but, surely, there would have been some way to ensure that the Italians weren’t put in a position of responsibility for anything important/expensive?
The Romans built Europe until they ran into fiscal constraints and had to go home.
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:
mollwollfumble said:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/15/vega_missing_fuel_tanks/Latest news is that the rocket fuel tanks disappeared in Rome from a warehouse and ended up on landfill.
The best they can guess is that in splitting off a second company requiring moving equipment, they lost track of it because it was missing from the inventory. Foul play is not suspected. Just gross incompetence.
I know it’s the European Space Agency, but, surely, there would have been some way to ensure that the Italians weren’t put in a position of responsibility for anything important/expensive?
The Romans built Europe until they ran into fiscal constraints and had to go home.
How good would have been if they had stayed, everyone speaking in one voice, Latin. You wouldn’t end up with your Hitlers and Starlin and millions dying thats for sure.
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:I know it’s the European Space Agency, but, surely, there would have been some way to ensure that the Italians weren’t put in a position of responsibility for anything important/expensive?
The Romans built Europe until they ran into fiscal constraints and had to go home.
How good would have been if they had stayed, everyone speaking in one voice, Latin. You wouldn’t end up with your Hitlers and Starlin and millions dying thats for sure.
China begs to differ.
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:I know it’s the European Space Agency, but, surely, there would have been some way to ensure that the Italians weren’t put in a position of responsibility for anything important/expensive?
The Romans built Europe until they ran into fiscal constraints and had to go home.
How good would have been if they had stayed, everyone speaking in one voice, Latin. You wouldn’t end up with your Hitlers and Starlin and millions dying thats for sure.
And you wouldn’t of had the plagues because the Romans had proper sanitation, and the roads, don’t forget the roads.
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:The Romans built Europe until they ran into fiscal constraints and had to go home.
How good would have been if they had stayed, everyone speaking in one voice, Latin. You wouldn’t end up with your Hitlers and Starlin and millions dying thats for sure.
And you wouldn’t of had the plagues because the Romans had proper sanitation, and the roads, don’t forget the roads.
And the aqueducts.
Peak Warming Man said:
Peak Warming Man said:
captain_spalding said:I know it’s the European Space Agency, but, surely, there would have been some way to ensure that the Italians weren’t put in a position of responsibility for anything important/expensive?
The Romans built Europe until they ran into fiscal constraints and had to go home.
How good would have been if they had stayed, everyone speaking in one voice, Latin. You wouldn’t end up with your Hitlers and Starlin and millions dying thats for sure.
You forget about that one village of Gauls.