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NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« on: June 23, 2024, 08:53:04 am »
Stars and Stripes by Roger Simmons 6/22/2024

It’s the latest in a series of delays for Starliner’s return, which earlier in the week was moved to June 26. Small helium leaks in the craft’s thruster propulsion system have been a concern since shortly after Starliner lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on June 5 with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board.

“We are taking our time and following our standard mission management team process,” said Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. “We are letting the data drive our decision making relative to managing the small helium system leaks and thruster performance we observed during rendezvous and docking.”

Stich added, “Starliner is performing well in orbit while docked to the space station. We are strategically using the extra time to clear a path for some critical station activities while completing readiness for Butch and Suni’s return on Starliner and gaining valuable insight into the system upgrades we will want to make for post-certification missions.”

More: https://www.stripes.com/branches/space_force/2024-06-22/nasa-boeing-starliner-space-station-delay-14265992.html
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2024, 12:12:51 pm »
Captain... sensors indicate that
this one isn't coming back...
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2024, 12:48:43 pm »
If Boeing can't build safe passenger jets, how can they be expected to build safe passenger spacecraft?
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2024, 12:50:13 pm »
Someone stick a fork in Boeing.  They are done.  Rocket doen't work. Spacesuit doesn't fit. Water cooling leaks like Joe biden trying to get a good stream going.
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2024, 01:52:48 pm »
Wingnut muses:
"Someone stick a fork in Boeing.  They are done.  Rocket doen't work. Spacesuit doesn't fit..."

Ahem.
How long before SpaceX starts designing and building commercial aircraft ...?
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2024, 02:22:07 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 24, 2024, 12:50:13 pm
Someone stick a fork in Boeing.  They are done.  Rocket doen't work. Spacesuit doesn't fit. Water cooling leaks like Joe biden trying to get a good stream going.

But wait, Boeing has one of the most diverse and progressive workforces in the space and aviation industry!

And isn't that what's really important here?
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2024, 05:35:31 pm »
Quote from: MeganC on June 24, 2024, 02:22:07 pm
But wait, Boeing has one of the most diverse and progressive workforces in the space and aviation industry!

And isn't that what's really important here?

Embarrassing.  If today's NASA had been responsible for saving yesteryear's Apollo 13, then astronauts Lovell, Swigert, and Haise would have been doomed.
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2024, 05:36:48 pm »
Quote from: MeganC on June 24, 2024, 02:22:07 pm
But wait, Boeing has one of the most diverse and progressive workforces in the space and aviation industry!

And isn't that what's really important here?

Watch this:  Elon Musk's company will wind up rescuing these folks.  None want to use Soyuz, which lacks capacity to carry the Crew.
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2024, 06:26:17 pm »
Quote from: MeganC on June 24, 2024, 02:22:07 pm
But wait, Boeing has one of the most diverse and progressive workforces in the space and aviation industry!

And isn't that what's really important here?
Yeah. In all that DEI, they seem to forget the product has to work.

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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2024, 06:29:53 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on June 24, 2024, 05:36:48 pm
Watch this:  Elon Musk's company will wind up rescuing these folks.  None want to use Soyuz, which lacks capacity to carry the Crew.

Boeing reminds me of how IBM, Motorola and a few other companies lost their mojo.
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2024, 08:33:44 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 24, 2024, 06:29:53 pm
Boeing reminds me of how IBM, Motorola and a few other companies lost their mojo.

Yeah.  I was on one of those leaky boats.
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Re: NASA delays Boeing Starliner return until sometime in July
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2024, 12:18:45 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on June 24, 2024, 06:26:17 pm
Yeah. In all that DEI, they seem to forget the product has to work.

Welcome to TBR, BTW.

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