How it's going
Posted on 09/07/2024 4:39:03 AM PDT by george76
Boeing now has a couple of jobs to do:
1) Change suit design to be compatible with Space-X.
2) Add food storage to capsule.
There is an old medical joke:
“The operation was a success, but the patient died.”
New Boeing joke:
“The Starliner successfully returned, but without the astronauts.”
I’m old enough to remember Mercury, Gemini, Apollo...
Kids these days have no idea what they missed.
2024: "If Its Boeing I'm Not Going"
Dude, where’s my ride?
I have only childhood memories of Apollo.
Those people were a different breed. They chainsmoked their way into space.
I used YouTube to see what the earlier missions were about - what gigantic problems in engineering and logistics they had! I saw mentions of the fantastic problem of testing the Apollo Command Module while folding in changes and trying to keep the program going.
It seems, to me, that NASA is dropping the ball here, to not insist on compatibility with the suits, for instance. It reminds me of that Apollo 13 movie scene about the CO2 cartridges.
Now put that piece of junk in a museum before it kills somebody
A video so you don’t have to wait for that webpage to load (was taking quite a while on my machine but mine is slow - this is pretty quick)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfQD7-sIWpA
Note to self: Do not take Boeing DEI Starliner to the ISS.
It was a glorious time to be alive.
We had our problems as a nation, but we had drive, dreams, and a spirit to overcome.
Deep State has done its damndest to stamp that out in us.
And, to our shame, we have allowed them to do it.
I won’t print what I’m thinking about what Boeing and NASA have allowed themselves to become.
How it's going
And do not take Boeing 737 MAX anywhere
I bet that crew left stranded wish they had rode that craft back to earth.
If NASA is too chicken to take risks they should go back to sending chimps to space, the capsule worked fine, no humans needed
As a child in the 60s, the space program was such a wonderful diversion for me. It was a strong counterpoint to all the turmoil of the time. The positive nature of it, the cutting edge technology and the spirit of exploration were just fantastic. The astronauts were heroes. NASA could do no wrong. Seeing an entire industry working towards one goal: to land men on the Moon.
IT WAS AN EXCITING TIME.
Now, at least, Elon Musk and his SpaceX are the innovators trying to bring back that past glory.
NASA needs to get its head out of its butt….
GREAT POINT.
If there’s another flight the heads of Boeing and NASA should be on it
Hmm, so the ISS is hearing spooky sounds up there and one of the guys was sick and had to be quarantined. Suddenly, NASA had to send up these two astronauts in a beat up garbage can. There are 11 docking stations on the ISS though only 8 are used today. So, 8 docking stations but somehow they’re frantic over getting Starliner disconnected. We don’t beg Russia to help out because our warmongering leaders want to blow each other off the face of the earth. Somehow, of the 5 countries involved with the ISS there are no contingency plans or spacecraft. But, glory be, Starliner performed perfectly on its return flight without the astronauts. But we’ve got Elon on speed dial. Oh wait, speaking of lack of planning, the suits won’t fit in the new craft. BTW, not a peep about the sick guy. Brilliant display of government work.
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