Re: Maybe it's just me, but I don't get this at all
Though I agree with you that it seems to be a waste of time and resources, perhaps they are training the ground crews for the real flight. They do seem to be taking there time getting ready, but there not in a race with anyone, like the US and Soviets back in the 60s. We didn’t have time for all this fiddling around. We had to get going or get left in the dust. We took a lot more chances than they seem to be willing to do.