Intelsat 33e breaks up in geostationary orbit

Another blunder for Boeing right up next to naming things „Epic Next Generation“…

What’s with the missing insurance? Didn’t they get any insurance because of the previous debacle with a Intelsat where they couldn’t decide if it was a internal or external source? Who would pay now if debris causes damage?

Interesting to see the Space Force now mentioned and following the Wikipedia list[1] the standard procedure seem to be to create a new agency every couple of decades which takes over the previous one but with a new name. What are the reasons for this?

Edit: [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_forces,_units,...

Boeing R&D and manufacturing is completely separated which is probably a significant source of problems for them. Often manufacturing is moved to locations that gives tax breaks and other benefits.

Meanwhile Airbus R&D engineers in Toulouse and Hamburg are often less than a 5 minute walk from where their designs are being manufactured.

What do you mean CAD isn't exactly the same as real life?