>>12123753>>unconscious rocket sabotageyes, why do you think its so hard?
imagine the guy who was set to handle the starliner clock, he's been a fan of space since he was little, he joined boeing honestly believing it was the better company and that if reusability was reasonable theyd be going for it, he once suggested to his superiors to try it out but they laughed at him and made him run 3 laps around the building because of that. He goes to 3 therapists, he has trouble convincing himself what he does is good. He dreams of elon musk disguised as princess leia telling him "help us boeing guy, youre our only hope", he once dreamt of cutting a valve without anyone noticing, cutting a cable, just one and no one would be the wiser but when he wakes up he feels horrible about it, he looks at himself in the mirror and says "that would be wrong, im not a bad person"
He goes to his job trying to keep the thoughts about spacex and cost effective rockets away, this is the big day, he should double check all of his duties, even the clock... even the clock? . well theres no reason to be so cautios, he did check the clock like... every time before work!, that makes it like 25 times in last month alone, and besides its not like such a hard task just looking at it for a few seconds would confirm if its right or wrong, but the clock is on the ship now he would have to log in, someone would ask him what he was doing, it might look bad on his career, besides other people were working with him the whole time, if the clock was wrong they would have told him.
And without him realizing it, the small voice that sounded in his head, of whos existence he was even barely aware keept insisting "don't check the clock, dont check the clock, dont check the clock" and in the end he listened to it
