/sci/ - Science & Math

>accept juicy orbital rendezvous contract
>rush my new orbiter design into production and decide to do the rendezvous mission as its first flight
>get a new launchpad built and crew trained and two of them ready to go with a couple weeks before deadline
>go for launch, realize issue with the decouplers on launchpad that would have challengered the vehicle
>spend another week and half rolling them back to VAB and making modifications and rolling them out again
>finally launch for real, get both of them into orbit together
>realize my engine setup is completely inadequate for rendezvous maneuvers, since main engine only has 5 ignitions and no fine control and RCS thrusters aren't powerful enough and won't play nice with the autopilot
>while trying to deal with this, realize the capsules don't have CO2 scrubbers installed and both pilots are getting CO2 poisoning now
>try to emergency deorbit the one that's been up longest, but he dies before landing and other one dies while waiting
okay guys, don't rush your space program too hard