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Intelsat 33e breaks up in geostationary orbit

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157 points milgrim | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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milgrim ◴[21 Oct 24 14:14 UTC] No.41904412[source]▶
For some context:

The same Boeing satellite bus already experienced a major issue some years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19658800

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api ◴[21 Oct 24 14:26 UTC] No.41904538[source]▶
The complete collapse of Boeing needs to be studied.
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SteveNuts ◴[21 Oct 24 14:32 UTC] No.41904590[source]▶
They should teach it in every MBA program in the country /s.
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psunavy03 ◴[21 Oct 24 15:30 UTC] No.41905244[source]▶
If you gave a company over to only engineers, it would also fail, just in a different way. Same with only HR, or any other field. MBAs are not the problem. Shitty MBAs and shitty leadership are the problem. MBAs aren't there to screw people over; they're there to sustainably run a company. Sure, the bad ones screw people over in the name of nickel-and-diming. But still.

And no, I'm not an MBA . . .

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baud147258 ◴[21 Oct 24 15:48 UTC] No.41905410[source]▶
> If you gave a company over to only engineers, it would also fail, just in a different way

Do you have an idea of what would be the failure mode(s)?

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1. fragmede ◴[21 Oct 24 17:31 UTC] No.41906329{3}[source]▶
Intel under Andy Grove, Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, Boeing under Muilenburg, and Nokia under Kallasvuo had various business issues under an engineer CEO.