https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14568261/Astronauts-Boeing-Starliner-ISS-thrusters.html
The astronauts who were left stranded on board the International
Space Station revealed they were almost lost in space on the day
their Boeing Starliner ship malfunctioned.
In their first media rounds since landing back on earth last month,
the astronauts revealed that their capsule was plagued with issues
from the very beginning, including a near-catastrophe when they
first approached the ISS.
They recalled that after Wilmore took manual control of the ship,
they lost four thrusters, and with that the ability to steer the
vehicle safely.
Flight regulations dictate that even though they were a stone's
throw away from the ISS, they should return to earth, but Wilmore
said he realized he may have completely lost control of the ship.
'I don't know that we can come back to Earth at that point,' he
told Arstechnica. 'I don't know if we can. And matter of fact,
I'm thinking we probably can't.'
. . .
IMHO, the Boeing flight got pushed "because it
wasn't Musk" - even though StarLiner was NOT
remotely ready to fly. The thing had been plagued
by problems ... and then suddenly it's "Hey - let's
fly some PEOPLE in it !".
Cudos to Wilmore for managing to jockey that
lumbering whale well enough to dock with the ISS.
It DID ultimately return safely, empty, but was
that more statistics than operational soundness ?
NASA sure didn't think it was sound - and apparently
neither did the crew.
Oh, how much back-pay does Boeing owe those two ?
On 2025-04-03, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14568261/Astronauts-Boeing-Starliner-ISS-thrusters.html
The astronauts who were left stranded on board the International
Space Station revealed they were almost lost in space on the day
their Boeing Starliner ship malfunctioned.
In their first media rounds since landing back on earth last month,
the astronauts revealed that their capsule was plagued with issues
from the very beginning, including a near-catastrophe when they
first approached the ISS.
They recalled that after Wilmore took manual control of the ship,
they lost four thrusters, and with that the ability to steer the
vehicle safely.
Flight regulations dictate that even though they were a stone's
throw away from the ISS, they should return to earth, but Wilmore
said he realized he may have completely lost control of the ship.
'I don't know that we can come back to Earth at that point,' he
told Arstechnica. 'I don't know if we can. And matter of fact,
I'm thinking we probably can't.'
. . .
IMHO, the Boeing flight got pushed "because it
wasn't Musk" - even though StarLiner was NOT
remotely ready to fly. The thing had been plagued
by problems ... and then suddenly it's "Hey - let's
fly some PEOPLE in it !".
Cudos to Wilmore for managing to jockey that
lumbering whale well enough to dock with the ISS.
It DID ultimately return safely, empty, but was
that more statistics than operational soundness ?
NASA sure didn't think it was sound - and apparently
neither did the crew.
Oh, how much back-pay does Boeing owe those two ?
I'm going to Japan later this year and I refuse to fly on
a Boeing aircraft.
Airbus for me.
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