Disgraceful. This will not end well. Boeing and NASA clearly do not have the caliber of people who brought Apollo 13 back home. Boeing has had been working on repairs using a star liner capsule on the ground now for weeks, and it won’t fix. No matter how many times they’ve tried. It looks like SpaceX or nothing.
But hey, Boeing has an engineer with green hair and piercings, so there’s that.
Reminds me of the HBO show about the luxury spaceliner that gets diverted in a long path around the solar system, so a trip that was supposed to be a few weeks turns into a few years. And then the crew tries to gaslight all the passengers into thinking everything is fine.
DEI can lead to DIE.
Maybe he should regret not doing a better job of building a quality spacecraft.
How was he supposed to "manage expectations"?
"Boss, I expect it to fail on orbit. If it doesn't fail and we get it back to earth in one piece, that will be an unexpected bonus! But don't be surprised when it fails."He sounds like a typical whiny lib -- "we need to improve our messaging."
What specificly is the problem? A leak, or a malfunction in the attitude jets? Or is it both? Did one cause the other or are they separate issues?
How about an EVA? Would visual inspection do any good? Do they have the tools to repair it?
If the issue(s) is resolved, do you have enough Helium left for return? Can it be refilled?
Is it true that the vehicle's software can't be programmed for unmanned reentry?
Is it true that you can't undock the capsule without someone being in it?
This is all stuff I read online. How much is true?
What did they tell the astronauts before they sent them up there?
I think we all know the answer.
And to think we sent men to the moon and brought them home with nothing more than this technology. How far has this nation really fallen? An eight bit byte, just zeroes and ones.
When was Fortran 4 released?
Fortran - Wikipedia
FORTRAN IV was eventually released in 1962, first for the IBM 7030 (”Stretch”) computer, followed by versions for the IBM 7090, IBM 7094, and later for the IBM 1401 in 1966. By 1965, FORTRAN IV was supposed to be compliant with the standard being developed by the American Standards Association X3.
Not saying we need to go back to that. My hair is long now but I would still wear a white shirt with skinny black tie.
America doesn’t have the “right stuff” anymore. Imagine what ‘60s NASA and the associated aerospace companies could have done with today’s technology? It’s the people who are failing the technology and the progress. Musk is the outlier.
ELON will rescue them-—ANS there will be MINTS ON THEIR PILLOWS.
They knew they had a helium leak before launch, but misplaced priorities had an entire team ignore the problem.
The helium provides the pressure to move the propellant to the thrusters that control on orbit and re-entry maneuvers.
Once the leak starts it doesn't stop until the helium supply is depleted, assuming there are no cut-off valves upstream of the leak.
To resolve the problem in space assumes you have access to replace or intercept the helium supply system and you'll need plenty of it because the leak is not repairable in space. So you'll need enough helium to account for the leak rate and the still conduct a safe return.
Good luck determining the leak rate.
musk should start a towing and recovery business for situations like this...
Between NASA and SpaceX, the rocket/aerospace industry has completely changed. NASA used to issue Cost Plus contracts. No matter the original contract bid/proposal, when costs went higher than the original contract, NASA just cut a check. As SpaceX reuses, over and over again, rockets, fairings, etc, the cost of each launch plummets.
NASA no longer issues Cost Plus contracts. Any Boeing Starliner cost overruns are absorbed by Boeing. Starliner was delayed years. In one of the most insane situations ever, Boeing somehow used flammable materials in some of the capsule. After Apollo 1, any talk of fire in the capsule conjures up nothing good. Boeing was used to spending, well, more.
While some of the recent airline/airplane issues attributed to Boeing are really maintenence issues of the airlines, Boeing is so tainted, no one is putting Boeing at the top of the service ladder.
Somebody actually volunteered to go up in those space coffins?
Not in orbit, as in “up and over and around”. More like a “Merry go Round”. Now there suits are not compatible. What a production?...
We drove fast cars with big engines, bias-ply tires, manual transmissions, drum brakes (no “anti-lock”), and neither transistors nor “electronic chips” controlling the drive train.
Lucky, if we had tinted windows, seat belts, AM/FM radio, front disc brakes, power steering, power brakes, and air-conditioning (after-market add-on).
We had slide rules, drawings, and schematics . . . all worked out on paper.
And we had FORTRAN.
My first computer course was a Sperry Univac 2nd gen.; and the professor was one of the developers of that machine. No monitor. Several RED lights and toggle switches - no cards, but there was a paper tape punch/reader thing.
We made metal, and we were really good at it. A friend made the antennae for the Apollo spacecraft and landers.
When we wanted a satellite view of weather conditions, the image was rendered and printed in Alabama. A USAF pilot would leave Texas, thence to Alabama, thence to Wright-Patterson AFB.
Now days, I find it difficult to accurately convey the focus we had, how we pursued what worked and constantly double-checked things.