Game Over! Starliner Is Getting Worse Than You Think! SpaceX to Rescue...
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Published 2024-07-03
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0:00-0:21: Intro
0:22-6:51: The astronaut is stuck
6:52-8:10: Future mission
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Game Over! Starliner Is Getting Worse Than You Think! SpaceX to Rescue...
NASA indefinitely delayed the return flight of two astronauts on Starliner but continues to assert that this is not a 'stranded' situation.
So, is that the truth?
Indeed, Boeing Starliner Is Getting Worse Than You Think!
Let's find out on today's episode of Alpha Tech:
Game Over! Starliner Is Getting Worse Than You Think! SpaceX to Rescue...
On June 5, the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft completed its first stage by successfully sending two astronauts to the ISS. However, the return process did not go as smoothly.
In a statement on June 18, NASA said that the event of bringing astronauts back to Earth would occur after the second of the two planned spacewalks at the space station, which was scheduled for July 2.
That spacewalk has since been postponed to late July after a water leak from a suit umbilical line in the airlock just as a June 24 spacewalk was beginning, that spacewalk was scrubbed.
This has led to the Starliner's test flight schedule being extended by at least a month and a half, and possibly longer.
Game Over! Starliner Is Getting Worse Than You Think! SpaceX to Rescue...
On the afternoon of June 28, at a press conference, NASA explained that the additional delay is to conduct ground tests on the Starliner's RCS thrusters to try to replicate the conditions that caused the thrusters to malfunction during the approach to the station. These tests, expected to start this week, will last at least a few weeks.
Steve Stich, NASA commercial crew program manager, noted that these ground tests would also allow for a detailed examination of the thrusters to determine the possible causes of the issue, something that cannot be done with the thrusters in space on the Starliner. These thrusters are located in the spacecraft's service module, which is discarded and burns up in the atmosphere, making post-flight study impossible.
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All Comments (21)
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Boeing should repay the tax payers for the money they have wasted in funding this disastrous fiasco.
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I am not a rocket engineer, but I know that 99% of all leaks are not self healing
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Funny a SpaceX resupply will be needed to provide the extra food and water for the Boeing starliner crew 😂
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Boeing should stop thinking about the space business.... and direct all their attention to tightening bolts on aircraft😅
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As a kid, I remember associating Boeing with high tech. Now, I am completely disheartened. What they turned this company into is criminal.
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All we can do is hope and pray these two astronauts come home safely.
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The problem with Boeing Starliner is the fact it is made by Boeing.
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NASA can’t dei their way out of spacecraft performance. Safe return is like presidential debate performance, it’s going to be evident to everyone and no amount of Kumbya is going to help if those astronauts get killed.
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As long as SpaceX exists, nobody will ever be 'stranded in space'.
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I'm so tired of whinny administrators decrying bad press.
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They are stuck. The ship has issues. The optics for starliner are terrible. Lastly as Americans, we have the right to comment as we see fit, whether you like it or not.
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I hope Boeing never make a submersible
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NASA and Boeing are KILLING IT ! Literally...
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The media are now calling it the Starliner Max. The leaks in the suits are because they are using 10 year old suits from the Space Shuttle and they only have some spares that are either too small or too big to do a space walk. And the helium leaks in the service module can only be repaired with a space walk. They are screwed.
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Let Space X rescue the two Boeing Starliner astronauts and bring the capsule back remotely so that we don't have another "Columbia" situation.
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They should rename it the Boeing SS Minnow.
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stranded adjective 1. left without the means to move from somewhere. "she offers a lift to a stranded commuter" 2. (of a boat, sailor, or sea creature) left aground on a shore. "a stranded whale" I would like to add a third definition: 3. (of a spacecraft) left without the means to leave a space station, lunar or planetary base "Butch and Suni are stranded on the ISS, because the Boeing Starliner is an unsafe piece of rubbish"
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If NASA and BOEING are going to insist on using the capsule to bring Butch and Suni back, and if that fails resulting in another disaster, then BOEING is finished and NASA is close behind. Just do the right thing and have Elon get them back safely.
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Breaking News: Steve Stitch has qualified to backup KJP as the biggest liar at the Whitehouse. NASA it's all about the spin.
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What NASA needs to ultimately do is bring those astronauts safely back to earth aboard a SpaceX capsule and get the starliner to bring itself back empty if that’s even possible, we all know that the SpaceX craft is fully automated to return to earth.
