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Comment by Animats | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]Animats · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:14 UTC · link
It is. It's a great achievement for Gwynne Shotwell.
[−]zhoBEENG · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:56 UTC · link
Yes, though not an engineering one. At SpaceX she handles business development, strategy, and ops, though she was trained as an engineer and did it previously in her career. I think this is almost the more impressive feat here, not to diminish the engineering leap.

Definitely a name that won’t be forgotten anytime soon.

[−]carabiner · 2026-11-15 Sun 07:06 UTC · link
And the CEO, Musk. Shotwell is president.
[−]tootie · 2026-11-15 Sun 13:57 UTC · link
Musk = fake it

Shotwell = make it