NASA contemplates sending SpaceX to rescue Starliner astronauts after Boeing failures

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NASA contemplates sending SpaceX to rescue Starliner astronauts after Boeing failures
By
Ross O'Keefe
August 7, 2024 12:46 pm
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Astronauts brought to the International Space Station by Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft are still stranded there.

NASA is considering partnering with SpaceX to rescue the astronauts as concerns about Boeing continue, despite its insistence that the spacecraft can do the job.

Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who flew to the ISS on June 6 in Boeing’s Starliner, have been stuck there since due to malfunctions in several thrusters and helium leaks in the ship’s propulsion system.

NASA officials have had doubts about using Starliner to bring them back since, and the agency has been reportedly stalling to deal with internal dissent over the situation. The agency on Tuesday pushed back a planned SpaceX launch of a new ISS astronaut crew, delaying it from mid-August to Sept. 24.

NASA officials are scheduled to discuss Starliner during a briefing Wednesday.

Boeing thinks Starliner is ready to fly after its in-orbit and on-the-ground testing revealed data that supported “flight rationale,” a NASA term for a space operation that is safe enough to pursue, for using the vehicle to bring back Wilmore and Williams.

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[Cyber Liberty]

Ya THINK??  All they have to do is scrape that Boeing cancer off the ISS.

[rustynail]

Ya THINK??  All they have to do is scrape that Boeing cancer off the ISS.

Boeing deleted the automatic decoupler program.  The crafted has to be occupied to leave.

[Cyber Liberty]

Boeing deleted the automatic decoupler program.  The crafted has to be occupied to leave.

Give a good welder Acetylene and enough Oxygen and that barnacle is gone.

[Wingnut]

Give a good welder Acetylene and enough Oxygen and that barnacle is gone.

Similarly, but different, remember why The Mercury 7 Astronauts demanded explosive bolts on the capsule door. 

Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were strapped into their seats when a voltage fluctuation occurred. Grissom was heard shouting "Fire!" and White followed immediately with "We've got a fire in the cockpit."

It was all over in 30 seconds, perhaps the longest half-minute in NASA's history. Pandemonium broke out as the capsule filled with flames and toxic smoke, and Chaffee could be heard yelling, "Let's get out! We've got a bad fire! We're burning up!" Screaming was heard before the communications cut out. The command module ruptured.

Rescuers were prevented by the flames, and by toxic fumes — their gas masks were faulty — from opening the hatch for a full five minutes, and in any case the idea of rescue was futile. The three astronauts were roasted alive. It took seven hours to remove the bodies. Each had severe third-degree burns and the flames were so intense that the space suits of Grissom and White were fused together.

[DefiantMassRINO]

 

... and I thought "Space Nuts" was just a TV show.

[Gefn]

It’s almost like a modern version of Gilligan’s Island

Seriously though I hope they can come home soon

[mystery-ak]

Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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With news two NASA astronauts may be stuck on the space station until February, a reminder who chairs the National Space Council: Vice President Harris

[Wingnut]

Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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With news two NASA astronauts may be stuck on the space station until February, a reminder who chairs the National Space Council: Vice President Harris

The only border Harris has stopped entry...or reentry.