Starliner is stuck until 2022 at least! Will it ever be safe for humans?
If not, why is NASA ignoring the obvious solution?
NOTE: The first three minutes of this video are a parody work of fiction. Any similarities to persons or characters living or dead are purely coincidental.Starliner still under repair and unsafe! Why is NASA not at least considering Dreamchaser?? | September 23, 2021 | The Angry Astronaut
It boils down to the BE-4 engine which Tony Bruno at ULA is betting the farm on.
Many dot gov platforms are now hosted on Amazon Web Services cloud systems. Maybe that has something to do with it.
Starliner has nothing to do with Blue Origin. Starliner is Boeing. And yes, they are stuck 2022 at the earliest.
But this first was not the last for NASA. The United States would go on to complete six crewed missions to the moon that landed a total of 12 astronauts (all men) from 1969 to 1972 in a series of Apollo missions numbering up to Apollo 17. The only mission that failed to reach the moon’s surface was Apollo 13, which suffered a critical power and oxygen failure mid-flight, and was forced to make a heroic emergency reentry.
Screw Bozo, Branson, Boring, Lockmart, Artemis, Blue Origin and the rest.
SpaceX will soon fly Starship on its first orbital flight. When does reusability change everything? - Sep 28, 2021 (19m.33)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJZs9svGKGw
(Starship) Ship 20 Proof Testing Begins | SpaceX Boca Chica - Sep 29, 2021 (19m.46)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag8ij8OvtQE
Elon Talks about Starship Program, Starlink, and Mars Plan - Sep 29, 2021 (10m.23)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHgTl_44Ero
If You Hate Elon Musk Watch This Video - It Will Change Your Mind, Elon Musk’s Speech - Aug 12, 2021 (24m.28)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9D4ifGzndY
Three words.
Lawyers and Lobbyists.