Slow speed re-entry with no heat shielding:
Would make a great "life raft" for ISS.
Posted on 07/25/2024 8:12:50 PM PDT by george76
Two NASA astronauts who were supposed to return from the International Space Station over a month ago are still orbiting Earth as engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing Starliner capsule, officials said Thursday.
Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to visit the orbiting lab for about a week and return in mid-June, but thruster failures and helium leaks on Boeing's capsule prompted NASA and Boeing to keep them up longer.
No return date yet..
NASA’s commercial crew program manager Steve Stich said mission managers were not ready to announce a return date.
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Starliner launched on June 5, the third attempt in just under a month to get the spacecraft safely into the atmosphere. It experienced one helium leak before blasting off and two more leaks before docking with the ISS, NASA previously said.
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but thruster failures and helium leaks .......
Moe checks drawing board plans
Can you imagine how big a story this would be if Trump were President ? CNN would have a clock going measuring the hours.
It’s time to ditch the failed Boeing ship and send a SpaceX rescue craft.
Just send up a shuttle..........oh!
Government employees paying the price of having other government employees in charge of your mission. Incompetence, lackadaisical attitudes, no accountability, no enforcement of standards and no hiring on merit (DEI)...leads to quite a mess. LOL...More popcorn.
That’s a pretty long layover.
I’d try to get my money back from expedia for this one.
I thought NASA said 14 July was a drop-dead date.
and where is dragon suppost to dock at if both docking ports are in use??????
no they are not..
thanks for pointing that out
Yeah, I think they have to fish or cut bait before the end of August, when the next Crew Dragon arrives. Either ride Starleaker home, or let it undock and land on autopilot.
yes nasa and Boeing need to shit or get off the pot
Slow speed re-entry with no heat shielding:
Would make a great "life raft" for ISS.
I’m told their space-suits are not compatible with SpaceX suits. Don’t know how complex it may be to correct that.
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