Boeing's Starliner Now Has 5 Leaks While Parked Outside the ISS

Gizmodo ^ | June 12, 2024 | Passant Rabie

[srmanuel]

I wonder if Elon Musk and SpaceX will have to send up a rescue craft to save the Astronauts that are up there.

[Bayard]

Diversity built

[Red Badger]

I thought the same thing.

That would be a huge embarrassment for Boeing and their pals at NASA..................

[rdcbn1]

It's actually pretty hard to keep helium from leaking

There are Helium leaks and there are HELIUM LEAKS.

I'm assuming that Boeing is dealing with the former.

[Bernard]

They sent the thing up even with concerns about leaks before it even took off? The crew must be expendable; straight white guys?

[MtnClimber]

How is that DEI program working for Boeing’s assembly and quality control teams?

[BradyLS]

The team took some time to assess the issue before launching the capsule, but eventually Boeing and NASA decided to proceed with flying the crew on the leaky Starliner spacecraft without resolving the problem.

That reads like the Go-NoGo decision to send them up was a roll of the dice. If the capsule leaks like that now, is it safe for the crew to return in it given the stresses it will undergo during re-entry?

[srmanuel]

It would be the ultimate embarrassment to have to be saved by SpaceX, in addition the current craft that is leaking would have to be cut loose to make room for the emergency craft, if the leaking craft burned up on reentry, that would a disaster they may not recover from.

[shadeaud]

Made by Cracker Box!!

[MNnice]

Remember: This Equipment Was Provided By The Lowest Bidder

[FreedomPoster]

We regularly have folks here on FR advocating for hydrogen-powered cars. Same issue there, it’s a really small molecule (atom in the case of helium), and it really wants to leak.

[Red Badger]

This sounds exactly like the Challenger disaster.

Nearly 40 years and they are still doing the same crap..............

[PIF]

Send Dragon to the rescue from Bezo’s folly.

[Red Badger]

A David Bowie song is playing in my head.......................

[hal ogen]

NASA is too busy on DEI stuff and reaching out to moozlums. Anyone who questions these government employees is obviously creating an insurrection against “democracy”. Arrest someone...anyone.

[SJSAMPLE]

Lowest bidder, highest briber.

Don’t forget the KC-X competition.

[Red Badger]

One white guy and one white female..........

Barry E. Wilmore
Sunita Williams

[GranTorino]

The ultimate embarrassment would be asking Russia for help.

[chajin]

More leeks than a bowl of ramen.

Cue the Adagio from Gayane.