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Posted on 11/21/2019 6:53:26 PM PST by BenLurkin
Now the capsule will be mated on top of the rocket that will take it to space — an Atlas V manufactured by the United Launch Alliance. On December 17th, the rocket and capsule are slated to take off from Cape Canaveral, Florida — without any crew members on board — and then dock with the International Space Station. If successful, this demonstration mission could pave the way for NASA astronauts to fly on the Starliner sometime next year.
Boeing has been developing the Starliner spacecraft for NASA as part of the space agency’s Commercial Crew program, an initiative to fly astronauts on US-made vehicles once again. Since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011, NASA astronauts have had to ride on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft to get to the International Space Station, a partnership that costs NASA $85 million per seat.
Boeing is one of two providers for the Commercial Crew program, along with rival SpaceX, which has been developing its own passenger spacecraft called the Crew Dragon. The two have been in an unspoken competition with one another to fly humans first, though Boeing has seemed to lag behind SpaceX in development. SpaceX already launched its Crew Dragon once in March, on an uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station. The flight demonstrated the Crew Dragon’s capability to dock with the ISS and then return home safely.
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This will never work. I’ve been told the earth is now flat as a pancake with frozen edges.
Look at the driver.... he’s typing away on his cell phone. lol
That is not true. If the earth was flat, cats would’ve pushed everything off by now.
And that dude is BIG!
Looks like he is sitting in a child seat!
Bet there are a lot of impeachment supporters in that crowd!
That is an excellent point.
I wonder how many astronauts that thing will hold? I saw one company (can’t remember which one) that had a capsule that would hold 5 or 6.
How long will he be off of the campaign trail?
**I wonder how many astronauts that thing will hold?**
Well, if the astronaut is like that clone of Michael Moore, that is driving that specialized rocket hauler......
One, and that is a maybe.
**”While no people will be on board the capsule in December, Boeing plans to fly a dummy.”**
**How long will he be off of the campaign trail?**
He won’t. There are voters up there. US citizens and non citizens on the space station. They need to be smiled at and lied to in person just like the citizens and non citizens down here.
Ah, yes, there are Russians up there to schmooze. LOL
That is great news. Since Buttcrack Hussein killed the shuttle program and declared the NASA's mission is muslim outreach, our astronauts have had to hitch rides aboard Soyuz rockets, much to their delight. That's beyond embarrassing, it's downright appalling.
is this the 797?
Ping.
lol
Either you kill shuttle or it kills you.
Hope this one it better designed than both SS and 737 Max.
That’s for sure. The shuttle didn’t have the money or priority that Apollo did. The shortcuts they took, which also compromised safety, were pretty bad. It’s actually amazing we only lost two of them.
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